brontosaurus
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English
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) + -saurus.
Noun
brontosaurus (plural brontosauruses or brontosauri)
- One of the largest land animals to ever walk the earth; a Brontosaurus.
Synonyms
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin brontosaurus, from Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
brontosaurus m anim
Declension
Declension of brontosaurus (hard masculine animate foreign)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | brontosaurus | brontosauři, brontosaurové |
| genitive | brontosaura | brontosaurů |
| dative | brontosaurovi, brontosauru | brontosaurům |
| accusative | brontosaura | brontosaury |
| vocative | brontosaure | brontosauři, brontosaurové |
| locative | brontosaurovi, brontosauru | brontosaurech |
| instrumental | brontosaurem | brontosaury |
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English brontosaur).
Pronunciation
Noun
brontosaurus
Declension
| Inflection of brontosaurus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | brontosaurus | brontosaurukset | |
| genitive | brontosauruksen | brontosaurusten brontosauruksien | |
| partitive | brontosaurusta | brontosauruksia | |
| illative | brontosaurukseen | brontosauruksiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | brontosaurus | brontosaurukset | |
| accusative | nom. | brontosaurus | brontosaurukset |
| gen. | brontosauruksen | ||
| genitive | brontosauruksen | brontosaurusten brontosauruksien | |
| partitive | brontosaurusta | brontosauruksia | |
| inessive | brontosauruksessa | brontosauruksissa | |
| elative | brontosauruksesta | brontosauruksista | |
| illative | brontosaurukseen | brontosauruksiin | |
| adessive | brontosauruksella | brontosauruksilla | |
| ablative | brontosaurukselta | brontosauruksilta | |
| allative | brontosaurukselle | brontosauruksille | |
| essive | brontosauruksena | brontosauruksina | |
| translative | brontosaurukseksi | brontosauruksiksi | |
| abessive | brontosauruksetta | brontosauruksitta | |
| instructive | — | brontosauruksin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “brontosaurus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02