nadir
Spanish, noun/naˈdiɾ/
nadir is spelled N-A-D-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 52,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nadir is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nadir (point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where the observer stands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En un sistema de coordenadas esféricas, dirección natural hacia abajo respecto desde donde está situado el…”.
What does nadir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenadir (point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where the observer stands)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En un sistema de coordenadas esféricas, dirección natural hacia abajo respecto desde donde está situado el observador, que es la opuesta al cénit.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nadir
- nadires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nadir?
- /naˈdiɾ/
- [naˈð̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nadir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nadir in Spanish?
nadir appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).