Pyrenean
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Pȳrēnaeus + -an.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌpɪɹəˈniːən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editPyrenean (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain
- 1845, Selina Bunbury, Evenings in the Pyrenées:
- Pierre held his berret [sic] in his hand, and the boldness of the Pyrenean hunter was strangely overcome in the absence of all apparent danger: he really knew not what he did or what he said.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
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Noun
editPyrenean (plural Pyreneans)
- A native or inhabitant of the Pyrenees.
References
edit- ^ “Pyrenean, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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