amfibia

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See also: amfíbia and amfibią

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [amfiˈbia]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: am‧fi‧bi‧a

Adjective

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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

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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amfibia n

  1. definite plural of amfibium

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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amfibia n

  1. definite plural of amfibium

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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Noun

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amfibia f

  1. amphibious vehicle, amphibian [from 20th c.][3]
    opancerzona/pancerna amfibiaarmored amphibian
    pływająca amfibiawaterborne amphibian
    wojskowa amfibiamilitary amphibian
    użyć amfibiito use amphibian
  2. (aircraft, nautical) amphibious aircraft [from 20th c.][3]
    Synonyms: hydroplan, wodnopłat, wodnopłatowiec, wodnosamolot

Noun

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amfibia f (related adjective amfibijny)

  1. (biology) amphibian [from 18th c.][4]
    Synonym: płaz
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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amfibia n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of amfibium

References

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  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]

Further reading

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