atoll

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English

Satellite picture of the Atafu atoll in Tokelau in the Pacific Ocean

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu), possibly from Prakrit *𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀻𑀞 (*saṃtīṭha), from Sanskrit *संतीर्थ (saṃtīrtha, “level ford”). The traditional etymology from Persian آب‌تل (âb-tal, “water-hillock”) is unlikely.

Pronunciation

Noun

atoll (plural atolls)

  1. a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: atol
  • → Dutch: atol
    • → Indonesian: atol
  • → French: atoll
  • → Irish: atall
  • → Italian: atollo
  • → Norwegian:
    Norwegian Bokmål: atoll
    Norwegian Nynorsk: atoll
  • → Polish: atol

Translations

References

  1. ^ Jost Gippert (2013) “An Outline of the History of Maldivian Writing”, in Shu-Fen Chen, Benjamin Slade, editors, Grammatica et verba: Glamor and verve: Studies in South Asian, historical, and Indo-European linguistics in honor of Hans Henrich Hock, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 88.

Further reading

Anagrams

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian атолл (atoll).

Noun

atoll

  1. atoll

Declension

Declension of atoll
singular plural
nominative atoll atolllar
genitive atollnıñ atolllarnıñ
dative atollğa atolllarğa
accusative atollnı atolllarnı
locative atollda atolllarda
ablative atolldan atolllardan

References

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation

Noun

atoll m (plural atolls)

  1. atoll

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no
Malé in the Maldives, built on an atoll

Etymology

From Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu), via English atoll.

Noun

atoll m (definite singular atollen, indefinite plural atoller, definite plural atollene)

  1. an atoll

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

From Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu) and Maldivian atolu, via English atoll.

Noun

atoll m (definite singular atollen, indefinite plural atollar, definite plural atollane)

  1. an atoll

References

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun

atoll c

  1. atoll

Declension

Declension of atoll 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative atoll atollen atoller atollerna
Genitive atolls atollens atollers atollernas

Anagrams

Wikious
Boobota
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