archipel

See also: Archipel

Czech

Noun

archipel m inan

1. archipelago

   Synonym: souostroví

Declension

Declension of archipel (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	archipel	archipely
genitive	archipelu	archipelů
dative	archipelu	archipelům
accusative	archipel	archipely
vocative	archipele	archipely
locative	archipelu	archipelech
instrumental	archipelem	archipely

Further reading

• archipel in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• archipel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Een satellietfoto van de Filipijnse archipel
A satellite photograph of the Philippine Archipelago

Etymology

Borrowed from French archipel, from Italian Arcipelago (“the Chief Sea, the Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). The Aegean (the Arcipelago) is a sea with many islands; by extension, the term an Arcipelago at first referred to any sea with many islands, then to the islands themselves.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑrxiˈpɛl/, /ˈɑr.xiˌpɛl/, /ˌɑr.ʃiˈpɛl/, /ˈɑr.ʃiˌpɛl/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧chi‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

archipel m (plural archipels, diminutive archipelletje n)

1. archipelago

Synonyms

• eilandengroep

Descendants

• Afrikaans: argipel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃi.pɛl/

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Noun

archipel m (plural archipels)

1. archipelago

Further reading

• “archipel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.