Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.

    Germany is south of Denmark.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

    a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city

  3. (countable, uncountable)In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The negative or south pole of a magnet.

Examples

706 sentences
  1. Birds fly south in the winter.

    Птахи взимку улітають на південь. — deniko

    ruПтицы летят на юг зимой. — corvard

  2. His house is on the south side of the river.

    Його будинок стоїть на південному березі річки. — brambury

    ruЕго дом стоит на южном берегу реки. — Tretiz

    deSein Haus befindet sich am Südufer des Flusses. — Tamy

  3. Where is the south terminal?

    Де знаходиться південний термінал? — deniko

    ruГде находится южный терминал? — sharptoothed

    deWo ist der Südbahnhof? — Zaghawa

  4. Tom comes from the south.

    Том із півдня. — deniko

    ruТом с юга. — Wezel

    deTom kommt aus dem Süden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Australia is smaller than South America.

    Австралія менша за Південну Америку. — deniko

    ruАвстралия меньше Южной Америки. — afyodor

    deAustralien ist kleiner als Südamerika. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
compass point:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
compass point:

Origin

From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr (“souther

From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr (“southern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą (“south”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

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Forms

plural: souths
Singularsouth
Pluralsouths

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

36 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • from the south
  • south america
  • fly south

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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