Islande

See also: islande, Islandē, Īslande, and Īslandē

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Ísland, from Old Norse íss (“ice”) +‎ land (“land, country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.slɑ̃d/

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Proper noun

Islande f

1. Iceland (a country in Europe)

Related terms

• islandais
• Islandais, Islandaise

Descendants

• → Greek: Ισλανδία f (Islandía)
• → Persian: ایسلند (island)

See also

• (countries of Europe) pays de l'Europe; Albanie, Allemagne, Andorre, Arménie, Autriche, Azerbaïdjan, Belgique, Biélorussie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Chypre, Cité du Vatican, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Islande, Italie, Kazakhstan, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Macédoine du Nord, Malte, Moldavie, Monaco, Monténégro, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Saint-Marin, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, Turquie, Ukraine ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Europe)}

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iːsˈlan.de/, [iːs̠ˈɫ̪än̪d̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /isˈlan.de/, [izˈlän̪d̪e]

Noun

Īslande

1. vocative singular of Īslandus

Latvian

Islande (Eiropā)

Islandes karogs

Alternative forms

• Īslande

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Ísland (“Iceland”), probably via other European languages. The more recent spelling (Īslande, with a long ī) apparently reflects the original Icelandic pronunciation better.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Islande f (5th declension)

1. Iceland (a country in Europe)

   Islandes karogs ― the flag of Iceland

   Nīderlandes karaliene ― the queen of the Netherlands

   Islande jeb Īslande ir salu valsts Atlantijas okeāna ziemeļos starp Grenlandi, Norvēģiju un Britu salām ― Iceland (Islande or Īslande) is an island country in the north of the Atlantic Ocean between Greenland, Norway and the British Isles

Usage notes

The forms with a long ī (Īslande and derived terms, like īslandietis, īslandisks, etc.) have been recently (in 2007) proposed as correct, but the forms with a short i (Islande, islandietis, islandisks, etc.) are still more frequently used.

Declension

Declension of Islande (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Islande	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Islandi	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Islandes	—
dative (datīvs)	Islandei	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Islandi	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Islandē	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Islande	—

Related terms

• islandietis, islandiete
• islandisks
• islandiešu valoda

Norman

Alternative forms

• Islaunde (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old Norse Ísland, from íss (“ice”) + land (“land, country”).

Proper noun

Islande f

1. (Jersey) Iceland (a country in Europe)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈislanɟe]

Noun

Islande

1. locative singular of Island