Uruguay
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Disputed; Guaraní urugua (“shellfish”) y (“water”) or uru (“kind of bird”) gua (“from”) y (“water”).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈjʊə.ɹə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈjʊɹ.ə.ɡwaɪ/, /ˈʊɹ.ə.ɡweɪ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
country
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See alsoEdit
- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
AsturianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay ?
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Central Huasteca NahuatlEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Central NahuatlEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish Uruguay.
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
CzechEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Further readingEdit
- Uruguay in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- Uruguay in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay n
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Uruguay (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Uruguay | — | |
| genitive | Uruguayn | — | |
| partitive | Uruguayta | — | |
| illative | Uruguayhin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Uruguay | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Uruguay | — |
| gen. | Uruguayn | ||
| genitive | Uruguayn | — | |
| partitive | Uruguayta | — | |
| inessive | Uruguayssa | — | |
| elative | Uruguaysta | — | |
| illative | Uruguayhin | — | |
| adessive | Uruguaylla | — | |
| ablative | Uruguaylta | — | |
| allative | Uruguaylle | — | |
| essive | Uruguayna | — | |
| translative | Uruguayksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Uruguaytta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Uruguay (type rosé) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Uruguayni | Uruguaymme |
| 2nd person | Uruguaysi | Uruguaynne |
| 3rd person | Uruguaynsa | |
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FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay n (proper noun, genitive Uruguays or (optionally with an article) Uruguay)
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Uruguay” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Uruguay | — |
| accusative | Uruguayt | — |
| dative | Uruguaynak | — |
| instrumental | Uruguayjal | — |
| causal-final | Uruguayért | — |
| translative | Uruguayjá | — |
| terminative | Uruguayig | — |
| essive-formal | Uruguayként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Uruguayban | — |
| superessive | Uruguayon | — |
| adessive | Uruguaynál | — |
| illative | Uruguayba | — |
| sublative | Uruguayra | — |
| allative | Uruguayhoz | — |
| elative | Uruguayból | — |
| delative | Uruguayról | — |
| ablative | Uruguaytól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Uruguayé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Uruguayéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Uruguay | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Uruguayom | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Uruguayod | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Uruguaya | — |
| 1st person plural | Uruguayunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Uruguayotok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Uruguayuk | — |
Derived termsEdit
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Norwegian BokmålEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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Norwegian NynorskEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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PortugueseEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay m
- Obsolete spelling of Uruguai
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Disputed, either:
- Guaraní urugua y (literally “water shellfish”), from urugua (“shellfish”) + y (“water”); or
- Guaraní uru gua y (literally “type of water bird”) from uru (“type of bird”) + gua (“from”) + y (“water”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay m
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
- Uruguay River (a major river in South America)
Usage notesEdit
The definite article is optional when referring to Uruguay in Spanish (i.e. el Uruguay).
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SwedishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay n (genitive Uruguays)
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
TurkishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
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VenetianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)
Western Huasteca NahuatlEdit
Proper nounEdit
Uruguay
- Uruguay (a country in South America)