amfibium

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Etymology

From Latin amphibium (neuter of amphibius), from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), neuter of ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) and βίος (bíos, “life”).

Noun

amfibium n (singular definite amfibiet, plural indefinite amfibier)

  1. amphibian (vertebrate)

Inflection

Declension of amfibium
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative amfibium amfibiet amfibier amfibierne
genitive amfibiums amfibiets amfibiers amfibiernes

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Noun

amfibium n (definite singular amfibiet, indefinite plural amfibier, definite plural amfibia or amfibiene)

  1. (zoology) an amphibian

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Noun

amfibium n (definite singular amfibiet, indefinite plural amfibium, definite plural amfibia)

  1. (zoology) an amphibian

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amˈfi.bjum/
  • Rhymes: -ibjum
  • Syllabification: am‧fi‧bium

Noun

amfibium n

  1. Obsolete form of amfibia (“amphibian”)

Declension

Declension of amfibium
singular plural
nominative amfibium amfibia
genitive amfibium amfibiów
dative amfibium amfibiom
accusative amfibium amfibia
instrumental amfibium amfibiami
locative amfibium amfibiach
vocative amfibium amfibia

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amfibium”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “amfibium”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amfibium”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ 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]

Further reading

  • amfibium in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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