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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Pȳrēnē (“the Pyrenees”).
Adjective
Pyrene (not comparable)
- (relational, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain; Pyrenean.
1636, William Camden, “Britaine”, in Remaines Concerning Britaine, London: Thomas Harper, for John Waterſon, page 4:The power of the Kings more abſolute, than in moſt other kingdomes, their territories very large; for the Kings of England, beſide Ireland, have commanded from the Iſles of Orkenay, to the Pyrene Mountains, and are de jure,Kings of all France by deſcent.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πυρήνη (Purḗnē).
Proper noun
Pȳrēnē f sg (genitive Pȳrēnēs); first declension
- the Pyrenees mountain
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
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