el
masculine
/suɾ/
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Translation
south
Word origin
From Old French sur ('south'), of Germanic origin (Frankish sunth). The same Germanic root gives English south.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Root
- sunth
- English cognates
- south
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Examples
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We live in the south of France.
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The birds go south when winter arrives.
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The wind is coming from the south this morning.
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The southern team played better than the northern one.
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They spent their holidays in the south of Italy.
muchas .
They visited many cities in the south of Italy.
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