amphibious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /æmˈfɪbi.əs/ (Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /amˈfɪbɪjəs/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /amˈfɪbe.əs/ (Scotland)
- /ɛmˈfəbi.əs/ (New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Capable of functioning on land or in water.
Most Dutch cities began on a terp or artificial mound to which the prehistoric amphibious folk rushed for refuge when floods rolled in.
1898, The Outlook, volume 60, page 281:an amphibious vehicle
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(not-comparable) Occurring on both land and water.
Taiwan’s navy has taken delivery of a new, domestically made amphibious warfare ship that can be used to land troops and bolster supply lines to vulnerable islands, part of a push by Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen to achieve defence self-sufficiency.
2022 September 30, “Taiwan adds new amphibious warfare ship to defence inventory”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2022:an amphibious attack
- (humorous, not-comparable) Ambidextrous.
Coordinates
Deriveds
amphibious assault ship · semiamphibious · amphibiously · triphibious · amphibiousness · amphibious car · nonamphibious · amtrac · omniphibious
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Synonyms
Translations (39)
ca amfibi (occurring on both land and water) · cy tir a môr (capable of functioning on land or in water) · pt anfíbio (occurring on both land and water) · eo amfibia (capable of functioning on land or in water) · hi उभयचर (capable of functioning on land or in water) · el αμφίβιος (capable of functioning on land or in water) · pt anfíbio (capable of functioning on land or in water) · cy amffibiaidd (occurring on both land and water) · mk водозе́мен (occurring on both land and water) · ga loscánta (capable of functioning on land or in water) · cs obojživelný (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ja 水陸両用の (occurring on both land and water) · de amphibisch (capable of functioning on land or in water) · es anfibio (capable of functioning on land or in water) · la amphibius (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ast anfibiu (occurring on both land and water) · fr amphibie (capable of functioning on land or in water) · grc ἀμφίβιος (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ms amfibia (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ga amfaibiach (capable of functioning on land or in water) · it anfibio (capable of functioning on land or in water) · nl amfibisch (capable of functioning on land or in water) · pl amfibijny (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ca amfibi (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ast anfibiu (capable of functioning on land or in water) · fi amfibinen (capable of functioning on land or in water) · sv amfibisk (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ru земново́дный (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ms dualam (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ko 수륙 양용의 (occurring on both land and water) · cmn 兩棲 /两栖 (capable of functioning on land or in water) · gd dà-bhitheach (capable of functioning on land or in water) · gd dà-bheathach (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ga débheathach (capable of functioning on land or in water) · fi amfibio- (occurring on both land and water) · pl amfibijny (occurring on both land and water) · mk водозе́мен (capable of functioning on land or in water) · ga amfaibiach (occurring on both land and water) · gd muir-thìreach (capable of functioning on land or in water)