amfibium
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin amphibium (neuter of amphibius), from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), neuter of ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) and βίος (bíos, “life”).
Noun edit
amfibium n (singular definite amfibiet, plural indefinite amfibier)
- amphibian (vertebrate)
Inflection edit
Declension of amfibium
| neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | amfibium | amfibiet | amfibier | amfibierne |
| genitive | amfibiums | amfibiets | amfibiers | amfibiernes |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
amfibium n (definite singular amfibiet, indefinite plural amfibier, definite plural amfibia or amfibiene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
amfibium n (definite singular amfibiet, indefinite plural amfibium, definite plural amfibia)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Amphibie or French amphibien,[1] from Latin amphibius,[2] from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios).[3] First attested in 1755.[4]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
amfibium n
Declension edit
Declension of amfibium
References edit
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “amfibium”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “amfibium”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “amfibium”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (08.11.2022) “AMFIBIUM”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Further reading edit
- amfibium in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego