austral
/ˈɒstɹəl/adjective, noun
austral is spelled A-U-S-T-R-A-L: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, austral means “Of, relating to, or coming from the south” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in austral?
| Letters | 7: A-U-S-T-R-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 53,573rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is austral?
Austral appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce austral?
- /ˈɒstɹəl/
- /ˈɔːstɹəl/
Austral has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-austral.ogg, En-au-austral.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of austral
- more austral comparative
- most austral superlative
- australs plural
- austral-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does austral mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of, relating to, or coming from the south.
an austral migrant
noun
- 1
A former currency of Argentina. Its symbol was ₳.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Austral in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of, relating to, or coming from the south:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does austral come from?
Borrowed from Latin australis (“southern”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).