bipolar

See also: bipolär

English

Etymology

From bi- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /baɪˈpəʊ.lə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /baɪˈpoʊ.lɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

bipolar (comparative more bipolar, superlative most bipolar)

1. Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time.
   • 1992, Paul Gilbert, Depression: The Evolution of Powerlessness:

     (4) the unipolar-bipolar distinction is important in regard to these personality variables; the trait of extraversion (associated as it is with positive affectivity) may mean that individual variation here leads to a more bipolar pattern; ...

   • 1997, David A. Lake, Patrick M. Morgan, Regional Orders: Building Security in a New World:

     Pakistan greatly resents this, but its efforts to adjust the complex have involved trying to make it more bipolar (via nuclear weapons), and not to move to another security order.

   • 2006, Leandro Herrero, The Leader with Seven Faces: finding your own ways to practice leadership in today's organization:

     And today, the world has become more and more bipolar.

2. Relating to both polar regions.
3. (physics) Relating to a bipole.
4. Relating to or having bipolar disorder.

   Synonym: (dated) manic-depressive

   • 2005, Barbara E. Bryden, Sundial: Theoretical Relationships Between Psychological Type, Talent, and Disease:

     And in both visual artists and creative writers, there is a considerably higher risk of affective disorder, more unipolar (depression only) in artists, and more bipolar (mania and depression) in writers, and leading to higher rates of alcoholism and suicide, particularly in writers (Andreasen 1987; DeLong & Aldershof, 1988; Jamison, 1986, 1995).

   • 2005, Robert H. Coombs, editor, Family Therapy Review: Preparing for Comprehensive and Licensing Examinations:

     Since many childhood depressions become more bipolar in adult life, and because Jay's father was bipolar, I added Depakote to "protect" him against this bipolar possibility.

   • 2006, Jon P. Bloch, Jeffrey A. Naser, The everything health guide to adult bipolar disorder:

     If a bipolar person you work with is receiving successful treatment, you might not even know that she is bipolar.

5. (politics) Of or relating to an international system in which two states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.

Derived terms

• antibipolar
• bipolar I
• bipolar II
• bipolarism
• bipolarist
• bipolarity
• bipolarly
• microbipolar
• nonbipolar
• pseudobipolar

 

Related terms

• monopolar
• multipolar
• nonpolar
• polar
• tripolar
• unipolar

 

Translations

involving both poles

• Belarusian: двухпо́люсны (dvuxpóljusny), біпаля́рны (bipaljárny)
• Bulgarian: двупо́люсен (dvupóljusen), биполя́рен (bipoljáren)
• Catalan: bipolar (ca) m or f
• Danish: bipolar, bipolær
• Finnish: kaksinapainen (fi), bipolaarinen (fi)
• French: bipolaire (fr) m or f
• German: bipolar (de),
• Greek: διπολικός (el) m (dipolikós)
• Italian: bipolare (it)
• Kazakh: екіүйекті (ekıüiektı), екiполюстік (ekipolüstık)
• Persian: دوقطبی (fa) (doqotbi)
• Polish: bipolarny, dwubiegunowy (pl)
• Portuguese: bipolar (pt)
• Russian: двухпо́люсный (ru) (dvuxpóljusnyj), биполя́рный (ru) (bipoljárnyj)
• Spanish: bipolar (es)
• Swedish: bipolär (sv)
• Ukrainian: двопо́люсний (dvopóljusnyj), біполя́рний (bipoljárnyj)

relating to or having bipolar disorder

• Catalan: bipolar (ca) m or f
• Finnish: kaksisuuntainen (fi), bipolaarinen (fi)
• French: bipolaire (fr) m or f, maniaco-dépressif (fr) m
• German: bipolar (de)
• Greek: μανιοκαταθλιπτικός (el) m (maniokatathliptikós)
• Italian: bipolare (it)
• Portuguese: bipolar (pt)
• Russian: биполя́рный (ru) (bipoljárnyj)
• Swedish: bipolär (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• German: zweipolig, doppelpolig

Noun

bipolar (countable and uncountable, plural bipolars)

1. (countable) A bipolar cell.
2. (uncountable) Ellipsis of bipolar disorder.

Anagrams

• parboil

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bi.puˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bi.poˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bi.poˈlaɾ]

Adjective

bipolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural bipolars)

1. bipolar

Derived terms

• trastorn bipolar

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bipolar/, [ˈb̥ipʰoˌlɑːˀ]

Adjective

bipolar

1. bipolar (involving two poles)

Inflection

Inflection of bipolar

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	bipolar	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	bipolart	—	—2
plural	bipolare	—	—2
definite attributive1	bipolare	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

• bipolær

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bipolar affektiv lidelse
• bipolar affektiv sindslidelse
• bipolaritet
• bipolar lidelse
• bipolar sindslidelse

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

bipolar (strong nominative masculine singular bipolarer, not comparable)

1. bipolar

   Synonyms: doppelpolig, manisch-depressiv, zweipolig

Declension

Positive forms of bipolar (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist bipolar	sie ist bipolar	es ist bipolar	sie sind bipolar
strong declension (without article)	nominative	bipolarer	bipolare	bipolares	bipolare
	genitive	bipolaren	bipolarer	bipolaren	bipolarer
	dative	bipolarem	bipolarer	bipolarem	bipolaren
	accusative	bipolaren	bipolare	bipolares	bipolare
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der bipolare	die bipolare	das bipolare	die bipolaren
	genitive	des bipolaren	der bipolaren	des bipolaren	der bipolaren
	dative	dem bipolaren	der bipolaren	dem bipolaren	den bipolaren
	accusative	den bipolaren	die bipolare	das bipolare	die bipolaren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein bipolarer	eine bipolare	ein bipolares	(keine) bipolaren
	genitive	eines bipolaren	einer bipolaren	eines bipolaren	(keiner) bipolaren
	dative	einem bipolaren	einer bipolaren	einem bipolaren	(keinen) bipolaren
	accusative	einen bipolaren	eine bipolare	ein bipolares	(keine) bipolaren

Further reading

• “bipolar” in Duden online
• “bipolar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.poˈlaʁ/ [bi.poˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.poˈlaʁ/ [bi.poˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bi.poˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bi.poˈlaʁ/ [bi.poˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.poˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.puˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.puˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.puˈla.ɾi/

Adjective

bipolar m or f (plural bipolares)

1. bipolar (involving both poles)
2. (psychiatry) bipolar (relating to or having bipolar disorder)

Related terms

• dipolar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bipolaire. Equivalent to bi- +‎ polar.

Adjective

bipolar m or n (feminine singular bipolară, masculine plural bipolari, feminine and neuter plural bipolare)

1. bipolar

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	bipolar		bipolară		bipolari	bipolare
	definite	bipolarul		bipolara		bipolarii	bipolarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	bipolar		bipolare		bipolari	bipolare
	definite	bipolarului		bipolarei		bipolarilor	bipolarelor

Related terms

• bipolaritate

Spanish

Etymology

From bi- +‎ polar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bipoˈlaɾ/ [bi.poˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bi‧po‧lar

Adjective

bipolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural bipolares)

1. bipolar

Derived terms

• bipolaridad
• bipolarizar
• trastorno bipolar

 

Related terms

• polo

 

Further reading

• “bipolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10