austral
adjective
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austral
1 American
[aw-struhl]
/ ˈɔ strəl /
austral
2
American
[ous-trahl]
/ aʊsˈtrɑl /
noun
australes
plural
Austral
3
American
abbreviation
Austral.
4
American
abbreviation
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Australasia.
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Australia.
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Australian.
Austral.
1
British
abbreviation
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Australasia
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Australia(n)
austral
2
British
/ aʊˈstrɑːl /
noun
austral
3
British
/ ˈɔːstrəl /
adjective
austral
Scientific
/ ô′strəl /
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of austral1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin austrālis southern, equivalent to Aust ( e ) r Auster + -ālis -al 1
Origin of austral2
From Spanish; see origin at austral 1
Explanation
Anything austral refers to the south. An austral wind is a southern wind. This word has to do with direction. One of the most southern countries in the world is Australia, which might help you remember the meaning of austral: from the south or related to the south. Often, this word has to do with austral wind, which comes from the south. You could talk about the austral (southern) migration of birds.
Example Sentences
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Researchers later determined that the remaining ice was still grounded during the 2022 austral spring based on earthquakes detected beneath the glacier.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
The days began to run together under the perpetual Sun of austral summer.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2024
Tomine is a devotee of fishing the austral summer in South America’s Patagonia, from which he had just returned when he spoke to The Seattle Times in early April.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022
Late afternoon is my favorite time of day during our field season in the austral winter—the air cools fast as the sun sinks low in the sky, painting the elephants a radiant pink.
From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2021
In like manner if you set the boreal pole of the one you hold in your hand opposite the austral pole of the swimming stone, they rush together and follow each other in turn.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
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