Islande
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Icelandic Ísland, from Old Norse íss (“ice”) + land (“land, country”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Islande f
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Greek: Ισλανδία f (Islandía)
See also edit
- (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 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iːsˈlan.de/, [iːs̠ˈɫ̪än̪d̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /isˈlan.de/, [izˈlän̪d̪e]
Noun edit
Īslande
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
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Proper noun edit
Islande f (5th declension)
- 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 edit
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 edit
Declension of Islande (5th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Islande | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Islandi | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Islandes | — |
dative (datīvs) | Islandei | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Islandi | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Islandē | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Islande | — |
Related terms edit
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
- Islaunde (continental Normandy)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Ísland, from íss (“ice”) + land (“land, country”).
Proper noun edit
Islande f
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Islande