amazon

See also: Amazon

English

Etymology

From Amazon, from Middle English [Term?], from Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.mə.zən/

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/, /-ɒn/

Noun

amazon (plural amazons)

1. A tall, strong, athletic woman.

   Although the evidence for real Amazons is thin, women athletes are often dubbed amazons.

2. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.
3. An amazon parrot
4. A vaginal sexual position in which the penetrating partner lies on their back with their knees pulled back, and the receptive partner, facing the penetrating partner, squats onto their penis

   Antonym: mating press

Derived terms

• glamazon
• glamazon
• orange-winged amazon
• yellow-headed amazon
• yellow-naped amazon

 

Related terms

• Amazonian
• amazonian

Translations

tall, strong, athletic woman

• Catalan: amazona (ca) f
• Finnish: amatsoni (fi)
• French: amazone (fr) f
• Greek: αμαζόνα (el) f (amazóna)
• Irish: banghaiscíoch m
• Italian: amazzone (it) f
• Portuguese: amazona (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: ban-laoch f
• Spanish: amazona (es) f
• Swedish: amason (sv) c

Further reading

• “amazon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmɒzon]
• Hyphenation: ama‧zon
• Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

amaz +‎ -on

Pronoun

amazon

1. superessive singular of amaz

Determiner

amazon

1. superessive singular of amaz

Coordinate terms

• azon
• ezen, emezen

Etymology 2

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).

Noun

amazon (plural amazonok)

1. (Greek mythology) Amazon (a member of a mythical race of female warriors)
2. amazon (a tall, strong, athletic woman)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	amazon	amazonok
accusative	amazont	amazonokat
dative	amazonnak	amazonoknak
instrumental	amazonnal	amazonokkal
causal-final	amazonért	amazonokért
translative	amazonná	amazonokká
terminative	amazonig	amazonokig
essive-formal	amazonként	amazonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	amazonban	amazonokban
superessive	amazonon	amazonokon
adessive	amazonnál	amazonoknál
illative	amazonba	amazonokba
sublative	amazonra	amazonokra
allative	amazonhoz	amazonokhoz
elative	amazonból	amazonokból
delative	amazonról	amazonokról
ablative	amazontól	amazonoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	amazoné	amazonoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	amazonéi	amazonokéi

Possessive forms of amazon
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	amazonom	amazonjaim
2nd person sing.	amazonod	amazonjaid
3rd person sing.	amazonja	amazonjai
1st person plural	amazonunk	amazonjaink
2nd person plural	amazonotok	amazonjaitok
3rd person plural	amazonjuk	amazonjaik

Further reading

• amazon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• amazon in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)