atoll
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu), possibly from Prakrit *𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀻𑀞 (*saṃtīṭha), from Sanskrit *संतीर्थ (saṃtīrtha, “level ford”).[1] The traditional etymology from Persian آبتل (âb-tal, “water-hillock”) is unlikely.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈætɒl/, /əˈtɒl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈætɔl/, /ˈætɑl/, /ˈætoʊl/, /ˈeɪtɑl/, /ˈeɪtɔl/, /əˈtɑl/
- Rhymes: -ɒl
Noun
editatoll (plural atolls)
- A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Catalan: atol
- → Dutch: atol
- → Indonesian: atol
- → Finnish: atolli
- → French: atoll
- → Romanian: atol
- → German: Atoll
- → Irish: atall
- → Italian: atollo
- → Lithuanian: atolas
- → Norwegian Bokmål: atoll
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: atoll
- → Polish: atol
Translations
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References
editAnagrams
editCrimean Tatar
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Russian атолл (atoll).
Noun
editatoll
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | atoll | atolllar |
genitive | atollnıñ | atolllarnıñ |
dative | atollğa | atolllarğa |
accusative | atollnı | atolllarnı |
locative | atollda | atolllarda |
ablative | atolldan | atolllardan |
References
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editatoll m (plural atolls)
Descendants
edit- → Romanian: atol
Further reading
edit- “atoll”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).
Noun
editatoll m (definite singular atollen, indefinite plural atoller, definite plural atollene)
- an atoll
Further reading
edit- “atoll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).
Noun
editatoll m (definite singular atollen, indefinite plural atollar, definite plural atollane)
- an atoll
Further reading
edit- “atoll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
editNoun
editatoll c
Declension
editDeclension of atoll | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | atoll | atollen | atoller | atollerna |
Genitive | atolls | atollens | atollers | atollernas |
Anagrams
edit- English terms borrowed from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Dhivehi
- English terms derived from Prakrit
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɒl
- Rhymes:English/ɒl/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Atolls
- Crimean Tatar terms borrowed from Russian
- Crimean Tatar terms derived from Russian
- Crimean Tatar lemmas
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- crh:Atolls
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French terms derived from Portuguese
- French terms derived from Dhivehi
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from English
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Portuguese
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Dhivehi
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Landforms
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Landforms
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns