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Yes. The word boreas is a Scrabble US word. The word boreas is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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6-letter words (1 found)

BOREAS,

5-letter words (17 found)

ABERS,ABORE,AEROS,AROSE,BARES,BASER,BEARS,BOARS,BORAS,BORES,BRAES,BROSE,ROBES,SABER,SABRE,SOARE,SOBER,

4-letter words (44 found)

ABER,ABOS,AERO,ARBS,ARES,ARSE,BAES,BAOS,BARE,BARS,BASE,BEAR,BOAR,BOAS,BORA,BORE,BORS,BRAE,BRAS,BROS,EARS,ERAS,EROS,OARS,OBAS,OBES,ORBS,ORES,OSAR,RASE,REBS,REOS,ROBE,ROBS,ROES,ROSE,SABE,SEAR,SERA,SOAR,SOBA,SORA,SORB,SORE,

3-letter words (41 found)

ABO,ABS,ARB,ARE,ARS,BAE,BAO,BAR,BAS,BES,BOA,BOR,BOS,BRA,BRO,EAR,EAS,ERA,ERS,OAR,OBA,OBE,OBS,OES,ORA,ORB,ORE,ORS,OSE,RAS,REB,REO,RES,ROB,ROE,SAB,SAE,SAR,SEA,SER,SOB,

2-letter words (16 found)

AB,AE,AR,AS,BA,BE,BO,EA,ER,ES,OB,OE,OR,OS,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of boreas

boreas

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

Noun

boreas (plural boreases)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) The north wind.

Synonyms

  • northerly

Antonyms

  • auster
  • southerly

Related terms

  • aurora borealis

Translations

References

  • “boreas”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • sea orb

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.re.aːs/, [ˈbɔreäːs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.re.as/, [ˈbɔːreäs]

Noun

boreās m (genitive boreae); first declension

  1. north wind
    Synonyms: (Late Latin) borrās, aquilō, septentriō
    Antonym: auster
  2. north (compass direction)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

Derived terms

  • boreālis

Descendants

  • Inherited:
    • Aragonese: boira
    • Catalan: boira
    • Dalmatian: bura
    • Galician: boira
    • Old French: boire
    • Romanian: bură
    • Venetian: bura
  • Borrowed:
    • → English: Boreas
    • → Italian: borea; boria?
    • → Middle French: borée
      • French: borée

References

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “boreas”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 441

Further reading

  • “boreas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “boreas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “boreas”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1]
  • “boreas”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “boreas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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