"antipode" meaning in English

See antipode in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈæn.tɪ.poʊd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-antipode.wav Forms: antipodes [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from antipodes. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|antipodes}} Back-formation from antipodes Head templates: {{en-noun}} antipode (plural antipodes)
  1. Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed. Synonyms: antipous Derived forms: antipodal, antipodean Translations (something directly opposite): հակոտնյա (hakotnya) (Armenian), antípoda [masculine] (Catalan), 對蹠點 /对蹠点 (duìzhídiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), antipodo (Esperanto), antipodi (Finnish), Antipode [masculine] (German), αντίποδας (antípodas) [masculine] (Greek), 対蹠 (taisho) (Japanese), 対極 (taikyoku) (Japanese), 正反対 (seihantai) (Japanese), 真逆 (magyaku) (Japanese), diametral motsats [common-gender] (Norwegian), diametral motsetning [common-gender] (Norwegian), rak motsats [common-gender] (Norwegian), rak motsetning [common-gender] (Norwegian), antypody [in-plural, masculine, plural] (Polish), antípoda [feminine] (Portuguese), антипо́д (antipód) [masculine] (Russian), antipod [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), antípoda (Spanish), diametral motsats [common-gender] (Swedish), antipod [common-gender] [maths, mathematics, sciences] (Swedish), antipot (Turkish), antipot (Zazaki)

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