septentrión
Spanish, noun/sebtenˈtɾjon/
septentrión is spelled S-E-P-T-E-N-T-R-I-Ó-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 158,678th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Septentrión is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “north (compass point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Norte”.
What does septentrión mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenorth (compass point)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Norte
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.
How do you pronounce septentrión?
- /sebtenˈtɾjon/
- [seβ̞.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾjõn]
- [sept̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾjõn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to septentrión
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is septentrión in Spanish?
septentrión appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).