Alligator

See also: alligator and al·ligàtor

Translingual

Alligator mississippiensis (the American alligator)

Etymology

a. 1807, from English alligator, from early Modern English alligater, alligarta, aligarto, alegarto, alagarto, from Spanish el (“the”) + lagarto (“lizard”), from Latin lacertus (“lizard”), modern spelling possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin alligator (“one who binds”)

Proper noun

Alligator m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Alligatoridae – alligators.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Reptilia - class; Crocodylomorpha - superorder; Crocodilia - order; Eusuchia - suborder; Alligatoridae - family; Alligatorinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Alligator mississippiensis - type species; Alligator sinensis - other extant species; †Alligator luicus - selected extinct species; for others see Alligator at Paleobiology Database

References

• Alligator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Alligator on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Alligator on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Alligator at Paleobiology Database

German

Alternative forms

• Aligarta, Lagarto (obsolete)

Etymology

16th century, in part directly from Spanish lagarto (“lizard”), in part through English alligator (and its variants). The contemporary form established itself during the 18th century following English (as in all European languages). Ultimately from Latin lacertus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aliˈɡaːtoːʁ/, [ˌʔa.liˈɡaː.toːɐ̯], [-lɪ-], [-tɔɐ̯]

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• Hyphenation: Al‧li‧ga‧tor

Noun

Alligator m (mixed, genitive Alligators, plural Alligatoren)

1. alligator (animal)

Declension

Declension of Alligator [masculine, mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Alligator	die	Alligatoren
genitive	eines	des	Alligators	der	Alligatoren
dative	einem	dem	Alligator	den	Alligatoren
accusative	einen	den	Alligator	die	Alligatoren

Further reading

• “Alligator” in Duden online
• “Alligator” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache