anaconda

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

anaconda

Wikipedia

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Eunectes

Wikispecies

Etymology

From New Latin anacandaia (“python”) [originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙන (hena, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “stem, trunk, body”) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, “having killed an elephant”), from ஆனை (āṉai, “elephant”) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, “having killed”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈkɒndə/

Noun

anaconda (plural anacondas)

1. Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America.
2. (in particular) The green anaconda; Eunectes murinus.
3. (by extension, slang, vulgar) A large penis.
   • 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot, "Baby Got Back", Mack Daddy:

     My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon

   • 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Liar's Game‎, Signet, published 2002, →ISBN:

     Womack went into the bedroom and checked on his two boys. When I headed to the bathroom to drain my anaconda, I caught a profile of him standing in the doorway, smiling down on the little rascals.

   • 2006, Christopher Darrick Odom, Visa Versa: Black Men Suffer in the Dating Game Too!‎, iUniverse, →ISBN, page xi:

     I have chased after white women to find they only wanted to dance with my anaconda and weren't interested in me as a partner.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:anaconda.

Synonyms

• (penis): see also Thesaurus:macropenis.

Derived terms

• anaconda mortgage

Translations

Proper noun

anaconda

1. (card games) A particular variety of stud poker.

Synonyms

• (card game): pass the trash

References

• “anaconda”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “anaconda”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “anaconda” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

Further reading

• Richard Boyle (2008 July 27) ““The Anaconda of Ceylon”: Derivations and the myths”, in The Sunday Times, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Wijeya Newspapers Ltd., retrieved 18 July 2018, Sunday Times Plus

Catalan

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondes)

1. anaconda

Further reading

• “anaconda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.naːˈkɔn.daː/

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• Hyphenation: ana‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f or m (plural anaconda's)

1. anaconda, constrictor of the genus Eunectes.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na.kɔ̃.da/

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Noun

anaconda m (plural anacondas)

1. anaconda

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Anaconda

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈkon.da/
• Rhymes: -onda
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧cón‧da

Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)

1. (snake) anaconda

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧na‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

1. anaconda

   Synonym: (Brazil) sucuri

Further reading

• “anaconda” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anaconda.

Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)

1. anaconda

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anaˈkonda/

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: a‧na‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

1. anaconda
2. (by extension, slang, vulgar) a large penis

Further reading

• “anaconda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014