Connecticut
English edit
Etymology edit
Said to be from Mohegan-Pequot quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”), from *kwen- (“long”) (spelling due to confusion with connect) + *-ehtekw (“tidal river”) + *-enk (locative). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈnɛt.ɪ.kət/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈnɛt.ɪ.kət/, [kəˈnɛɾ.ɪ.kət]
Audio (US) (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kəˈnet.ɪ.kət/, [kəˈneɾ.ɪ.kət]
Proper noun edit
Connecticut
- A state in the northeastern United States.
- A river in the United States that flows from northern New Hampshire into Long Island Sound.
Abbreviations edit
Hypernyms edit
- (state): New England
Hyponyms edit
- (state): Bridgeport, Hartford
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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See also edit
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
Federal District: Washington, D.C. |
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
Further reading edit
- Connecticut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Connecticut.
Proper noun edit
Connecticut (genitive Connecticuts)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From English Connecticut.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Connecticut
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
Declension edit
Inflection of Connecticut (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Connecticut | — | ||
genitive | Connecticutin | — | ||
partitive | Connecticutia | — | ||
illative | Connecticutiin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Connecticut | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Connecticut | — | |
gen. | Connecticutin | |||
genitive | Connecticutin | — | ||
partitive | Connecticutia | — | ||
inessive | Connecticutissa | — | ||
elative | Connecticutista | — | ||
illative | Connecticutiin | — | ||
adessive | Connecticutilla | — | ||
ablative | Connecticutilta | — | ||
allative | Connecticutille | — | ||
essive | Connecticutina | — | ||
translative | Connecticutiksi | — | ||
abessive | Connecticutitta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Connecticut m
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
References edit
- ^ Connecticut in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Connecticut, from Mohegan-Pequot quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”), from *kwen- (“long”) + *-ehtekw (“tidal river”) + *-enk (“place”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Connecticut m inan (indeclinable)
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
- Connecticut (a river in the United States)
Further reading edit
- Connecticut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.
Proper noun edit
Connecticut m
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
Romanian edit
Proper noun edit
Connecticut n
- Connecticut (U.S. State)
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Connecticut m inan (genitive singular Connecticutu, declension pattern of dub)
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
References edit
- “Connecticut”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Connecticut ?
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
See also edit
- Connecticut on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es