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amphibian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• ăm'fĭb"ĭ-ən
• (US) audio
• /æmˈfɪbɪən/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amphibius [from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)] + -an.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the class Amphibia.
2. (not-comparable) Capable of operating on both land and water; amphibious.
3. (not-comparable, obsolete) Having two natures.

Coordinates

triphibian · triphibious · omniphibious

Deriveds

amphibian plane · amphibian species · amphibian helicopter · Memphibian · amphibian tank

Translations (17)

ga amfaibiach (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · de amphibisch (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · eo amfibia (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · hu kétéltű (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · pl płazi (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · ar بَرْمَائِيّ (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · vo mafibik (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · kk қосмекенді (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · ks جل تھلیہٕ (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · kmr bejavî (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · vo fibafik (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · ast anfibiu (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · de Amphibien- (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · pl amfibijny (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · cy amffibiaidd (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · hi उभयचर (of or relating to the class Amphibia) · nl amfibisch (of or relating to the class Amphibia)

amphibian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• ăm'fĭb"ĭ-ən
• (US) audio
• /æmˈfɪbɪən/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amphibius [from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφίς (amphís, “of both kinds”) + βίος (bíos, “life”)] + -an.

Meanings

1. An animal of the Amphibia; any vertebrate that does not have amniotic eggs, typically living both on land and in water.
2. A vehicle which can operate on both land and water.
3. (uncommon) A person with two distinct characters, qualities or identities.
   • The prime exemplar of such a cast of mind must be Johann Ladislas Pyrker, a definite amphibian and ‘Austro-Hungarian’ in his literary and in his public life. The son of another estate bailiff in Transdanubia, Pyrker became successively a Hungarian official, an Austrian monk and at length a fairly worldly abbot at Lilienfeld, then a bishop in Hungary, patriarch of Venice, and archbishop in Hungary again. 1994, R. J. W. Evans, “Austrian Identity in Hungarian Perspective: The Nineteenth Century”, in Ritchie Robertson, Edward Timms, editors, The Habsburg Legacy: National Identity in Historical Perspective (Austrian Studies; 5), Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 29:

Forms

Coordinates

triphibian

Deriveds

amphibicide · amphibiankind · amphibianlike · nonamphibian · triphibian

Hypernyms

animal · batrachomorph · vertebrate

Hyponyms

Caudata · toad · frog · Batrachia · †Lepospondyli · †Labyrinthodontia · batrachian · Lissamphibia · Salientia · Gymnophiona · Anura · newt · salamander · batrachofauna

Relateds

amphibole · bio- · Amphibia · amphibology · batrachology · amphibiology · amphiboly · amphibious · amphibius · :Category:Amphibians · Animals (Appendix) · amphibiotic · amphi- · herpetology

Synonyms

amphibium · amphibian

Translations (110)

zza duzısti (vertebrate) · ms haiwan dualam (vertebrate) · nl amfibievoertuig (vehicle) · tl ampibyo (vertebrate) · ms binatang dualam (vertebrate) · de Amphibie (vertebrate) · de Amphibienfahrzeug (vehicle) · sh амфибија (vertebrate) · sq amfib (vertebrate) · tr amfibi (vehicle) · te ఉభయచరము (vertebrate) · zza amfibik (vehicle) · tg обхоки (vertebrate) · fi sammakkoeläin (vertebrate) · sh amfibija (vertebrate) · hu kétéltű (vertebrate) · it anfibio (vertebrate) · vo mafib (vertebrate) · mk водо́земец (vertebrate) · fa دوزیست (vertebrate) · kn ಉಭಯಚರ (vertebrate) · is froskdýr (vertebrate) · ja 両生 (vertebrate) · bg земново́дно (vertebrate) · ka ამფიბია (vertebrate) · de Amphibium (vertebrate) · io amfibio (vertebrate) · lv abinieks (vertebrate) · zza amfibi (vertebrate) · fi amfibioajoneuvo (vehicle) · th สัตว์ครึ่งบกครึ่งน้ำ (vertebrate) · he דּוּ־חַי (vertebrate) · fr amphibien (vertebrate) · sk obojživelník (vertebrate) · th สัตว์สะเทินน้ำสะเทินบก (vertebrate) · et kahepaikne (vertebrate) · ja 両生類 (vertebrate) · sa उभयचर (vertebrate) · ms binatang amfibia (vertebrate) · vi lưỡng cư (vertebrate) · km ថលជលិកសត្វ (vertebrate) · hi उभयचर (vertebrate) · fr batracien (vertebrate) · bg амфи́бия (vertebrate) · lo ສັດເຄິ່ງບົກເຄິ່ງນ້ຳ (vertebrate) · tr amfibi (vertebrate) · haw pepeʻekua (vertebrate) · uz amfibiya (vertebrate) · mi ikaoneone (vertebrate) · ast anfibiu (vertebrate) · pt anfíbio (vertebrate) · tr iki yaşamlı (vertebrate) · es anfibio (vertebrate) · gl anfibio (vertebrate) · ga amfaibiach (vertebrate) · el αμφίβιο (vertebrate) · uk амфі́бія (vertebrate) · ko 양서류 (vertebrate) · pl płaz (vertebrate) · ga débheathach (vertebrate) · vo fibaf (vertebrate) · grc ἀμφίβιον (vertebrate) · lo ສັດສະເທີນນ້ຳສະເທີນບົກ (vertebrate) · kk қосмекенді (vertebrate) · sv amfibie (vertebrate) · pl amfibia (vertebrate) · id amfibi (vertebrate) · ar بَرْمَائِيّ (vertebrate) · cmn 兩棲動物 /两栖动物 (vertebrate) · ml ഉഭയജീവി (vertebrate) · sl dvoživka (vertebrate) · ms haiwan amfibia (vertebrate) · de Lurch (vertebrate) · nl amfibie (vertebrate) · tg дузист (vertebrate) · fy amfiby (vertebrate) · fi amfibi (vehicle) · cy amffibiad (vertebrate) · mi ikawhenua (vertebrate) · be амфі́бія (vertebrate) · ru амфи́бия (vehicle) · gd muir-thìreach (vertebrate) · tr yüzergezer (vehicle) · ca amfibi (vertebrate) · nb amfibium (vertebrate) · uk земново́дне (vertebrate) · da amfibium (vertebrate) · lt amfibija (vertebrate) · la amphibium (vertebrate) · lt varliagyvis (vertebrate) · ro amfibian (vertebrate) · ar قَازِب (vertebrate) · sh vodozemac (vertebrate) · ru земново́дное (vertebrate) · ru амфи́бия (vertebrate) · sh водоземац (vertebrate) · hy երկկենցաղ (vertebrate) · hu kétéltű jármű (vehicle) · be земнаво́днае (vertebrate) · nv biyáázh tsʼǫʼasánígíí (vertebrate) · eo amfibio (vertebrate) · pl amfibia (vehicle) · cs obojživelník (vertebrate) · az amfibiya (vertebrate) · ky амфибия (vertebrate) · lv amfībija (vertebrate) · km មណ្ឌុកសត្វ (vertebrate) · nn amfibium (vertebrate) · mk амфибија (vertebrate) · kmr bejavî (vertebrate)

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