antipodean

English

WOTD – 06 November 2011

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ænˌtɪp.əˈdi.ən/

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Adjective

antipodean (not comparable)

1. diametrically opposed
2. relating to the antipodes, or situated at opposite sides of the Earth
3. (informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand
   • 2000, Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country, pages 10–11:

     So there is a certain sense of achievement just in arriving in Australia—a pleasure and satisfaction to be able to step from the airport terminal into dazzling antipodean sunshine […]

Related terms

• antipodes

Translations

diametrically opposed

• Catalan: antípoda (ca)
• Finnish: vastapäinen (fi), vastakkainen (fi)
• Polish: antypodyczny
• Russian: диаметра́льно противополо́жный (diametrálʹno protivopolóžnyj)

situated at opposite sides of the Earth

• Catalan: antípoda (ca)
• Finnish: antipodinen
• German: antipodisch
• Polish: antypodyczny
• Russian: антипо́дный (ru) (antipódnyj)

(informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand

• Russian: австрали́йский (ru) (avstralíjskij), новозела́ндский (ru) (novozelándskij)

Noun

antipodean (plural antipodeans)

1. An inhabitant of the antipodes.

Translations

inhabitant of the antipodes

• Catalan: antípoda (ca) m or f
• German: Antipode (de) m, Gegenfüßler (de) m
• Polish: antypoda (pl) m

See also

• antoecus
• ecumenic
• perioecus