marsupial
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “bag, pouch”); with English -al.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɑː.ˈsuː.pi.əl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /mɑɹ.ˈsu.pi.əl/
- Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pial
Noun edit
marsupial (plural marsupials)
- Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.
Hyponyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:marsupial
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
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Translations edit
mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
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See also edit
Adjective edit
marsupial (comparative more marsupial, superlative most marsupial)
- Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
- 1892, The American naturalist, page 125:
- Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.
- 1952, The Motor, page 520:
- It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.
- 2002, Fiction Fix: First Injection, page 58:
- But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial, where the kangaroo lives.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
- the marsupial bones
Translations edit
of or pertaining to a marsupial
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Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marsupial m (plural marsupials)
- marsupial
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
marsupial m (plural marsupiaux)
- marsupial
Further reading edit
- “marsupial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [mah.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [mah.suˈpjaʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /maɾ.su.piˈaw/ [maɾ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maɾ.suˈpjaw/ [maɾ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [maχ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [maχ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maɻ.su.piˈaw/ [maɻ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maɻ.suˈpjaw/ [maɻ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
- Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pi‧al
Noun edit
marsupial m (plural marsupiais)
- marsupial (mammal species whose females have a pouch to carry the offspring)
Adjective edit
marsupial m or f (plural marsupiais)
- marsupial (of or relating to marsupials)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French marsupial.
Noun edit
marsupial n (plural marsupiale)
Declension edit
Declension of marsupial
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) marsupial | marsupialul | (niște) marsupiale | marsupialele |
genitive/dative | (unui) marsupial | marsupialului | (unor) marsupiale | marsupialelor |
vocative | marsupialule | marsupialelor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin marsūpiālis, from Latin marsūpium "pouch", from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion). More at marsupio.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
marsupial m or f (masculine and feminine plural marsupiales)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
marsupial m (plural marsupiales)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “marsupial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014