amfibia

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See also: amfíbia and amfibią

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: am‧fi‧bi‧a

Adjective

amfibia (accusative singular amfibian, plural amfibiaj, accusative plural amfibiajn)

  1. amphibian (of or relating to amphibians)
  2. (by extension) amphibious (living or operating both on land and in water)
    • Ralph Harry, La diplomato kiu ridis,
      la stranga aŭstralia ornitorinko, amfibia besto kiu demetas ovojn kaj poste mamnutras la idojn.
      the strange Australian platypus, an amphibious animal that lays eggs and then suckles the young.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

amfibia n

  1. definite plural of amfibium

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

amfibia n

  1. definite plural of amfibium

Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈfi.bja/
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  • Rhymes: -ibja
  • Syllabification: am‧fi‧bia

Etymology 1

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Amphibie or French amphibien,[1] from Latin amphibius,[2] from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios).[3] First attested in 1755.[4]

Alternative forms

Noun

amfibia f

  1. amphibious vehicle, amphibian [3]
    opancerzona/pancerna amfibia ― armored amphibian
    pływająca amfibia ― waterborne amphibian
    wojskowa amfibia ― military amphibian
    użyć amfibii ― to use amphibian
  2. (aircraft, nautical) amphibious aircraft [3]
    Synonyms: hydroplan, wodnopłat, wodnopłatowiec, wodnosamolot

Noun

amfibia f (related adjective amfibijny)

  1. (biology) amphibian [4]
    Synonym: płaz
Declension
Declension of amfibia
singular plural
nominative amfibia amfibie
genitive amfibii amfibii/amfibij (archaic)
dative amfibii amfibiom
accusative amfibię amfibie
instrumental amfibią amfibiami
locative amfibii amfibiach
vocative amfibio amfibie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

amfibia n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of amfibium

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amfibia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “amfibia”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amfibia”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (08.11.2022) “AMFIBIUM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

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