dinosaurus

dinosaurus

See also: Dinosaurus

English

Noun

dinosaurus (plural dinosauri or dinosauruses)

1. Alternative form of dinosaur

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪnosau̯rus]
• Hyphenation: di‧no‧sau‧rus

Noun

dinosaurus m anim

1. dinosaur

Declension

Declension of dinosaurus

	singular	plural
nominative	dinosaurus	dinosauři, dinosaurové
genitive	dinosaura	dinosaurů
dative	dinosauru, dinosaurovi	dinosaurům
accusative	dinosaura	dinosaury
vocative	dinosaure	dinosauři, dinosaurové
locative	dinosauru, dinosaurovi	dinosaurech
instrumental	dinosaurem	dinosaury

Derived terms

• dinosauří

Further reading

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

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Danish

Noun

dinosaurus c (singular definite dinosauren, plural indefinite dinosaurer)

1. dinosaur

Declension

Declension of dinosaurus

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dinosaurus	dinosauren	dinosaurer	dinosaurerne
genitive	dinosaurus'	dinosaurens	dinosaurers	dinosaurernes

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin dinosaurus, from English dinosaur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.noːˈsɑu̯.rʏs/

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• Hyphenation: di‧no‧sau‧rus
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯rʏs

Noun

dinosaurus m (plural dinosaurussen, diminutive dinosaurusje n)

1. dinosaur, archosaur of the super-order Dinosauria [from late 19th c.]
   • 1885 June 27, "Nieuwstijdingen", Venloosch Weekblad, Vol. 23, No. 26, page 1.

     Dit dijbeen is daarom merkwaardig, omdat 't het bestaan eener derde soort „Dinosaurus” in de formatie bij Maastricht doet vermoeden.

     This femur is therefore remarkable, because it gives cause to suspect the existence of a third species of dinosaur in the formation near Maastricht.

   • 1899 February 21, "Het grootste dier der wereld", Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, vol. 21, no. 6422, part 2, page 1.

     Nabij Wyoming in de Vereenigde Staten heeft men het grootste voorwereldlijke dier ontdekt, dat bekend is, namelijk den brontosaurus, een kruipend dier, behoorende tot de orde der dinosaurussen.

     Near Wyoming^[sic] in the United States the largest prehistoric animal that is known has been discovered, that is the brontosaur, a reptile, belonging to the order of the dinosaurs.

Synonyms

• dino (informal)
• dinosauriër (formal)

Derived terms

• dinosaurusbot
• dinosaurusfossiel
• dinosaurusveer

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Estonian

Etymology

New Latin dinosaurus.

Noun

dinosaurus (genitive dinosauruse, partitive dinosaurust)

1. dinosaur (prehistoric reptile)
2. (figuratively, colloquial) dinosaur (old-fashioned person or thing)

Inflection

Inflection of dinosaurus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	dinosaurus	dinosaurused
accusative	dinosauruse	dinosaurused
genitive	dinosauruse	dinosauruste
partitive	dinosaurust	dinosaurusi
illative	dinosaurusse dinosaurusesse	dinosaurustesse dinosaurusisse
inessive	dinosauruses	dinosaurustes dinosaurusis
elative	dinosaurusest	dinosaurustest dinosaurusist
allative	dinosaurusele	dinosaurustele dinosaurusile
adessive	dinosaurusel	dinosaurustel dinosaurusil
ablative	dinosauruselt	dinosaurustelt dinosaurusilt
translative	dinosauruseks	dinosaurusteks dinosaurusiks
terminative	dinosauruseni	dinosaurusteni
essive	dinosaurusena	dinosaurustena
abessive	dinosauruseta	dinosaurusteta
comitative	dinosaurusega	dinosaurustega

Inflection of dinosaurus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	dinosaurus	dinosaurused
accusative	dinosauruse	dinosaurused
genitive	dinosauruse	dinosauruste
partitive	dinosaurust	dinosauruseid
illative	dinosaurusesse	dinosaurustesse dinosauruseisse
inessive	dinosauruses	dinosaurustes dinosauruseis
elative	dinosaurusest	dinosaurustest dinosauruseist
allative	dinosaurusele	dinosaurustele dinosauruseile
adessive	dinosaurusel	dinosaurustel dinosauruseil
ablative	dinosauruselt	dinosaurustelt dinosauruseilt
translative	dinosauruseks	dinosaurusteks dinosauruseiks
terminative	dinosauruseni	dinosaurusteni
essive	dinosaurusena	dinosaurustena
abessive	dinosauruseta	dinosaurusteta
comitative	dinosaurusega	dinosaurustega

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Finnish

Etymology

From New Latin dīnosaurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdinosɑu̯rus/, [ˈdino̞ˌs̠ɑu̯rus̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑurus
• Syllabification^(key): di‧no‧sau‧rus

Noun

dinosaurus

1. dinosaur
2. (figuratively, colloquial) dinosaur (old-fashioned person or thing)

Declension

Inflection of dinosaurus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		dinosaurus	dinosaurukset
genitive		dinosauruksen	dinosaurusten dinosauruksien
partitive		dinosaurusta	dinosauruksia
illative		dinosaurukseen	dinosauruksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		dinosaurus	dinosaurukset
accusative	nom.	dinosaurus	dinosaurukset
	gen.	dinosauruksen
genitive		dinosauruksen	dinosaurusten dinosauruksien
partitive		dinosaurusta	dinosauruksia
inessive		dinosauruksessa	dinosauruksissa
elative		dinosauruksesta	dinosauruksista
illative		dinosaurukseen	dinosauruksiin
adessive		dinosauruksella	dinosauruksilla
ablative		dinosaurukselta	dinosauruksilta
allative		dinosaurukselle	dinosauruksille
essive		dinosauruksena	dinosauruksina
translative		dinosaurukseksi	dinosauruksiksi
instructive		—	dinosauruksin
abessive		dinosauruksetta	dinosauruksitta
comitative		—	dinosauruksineen

Possessive forms of dinosaurus (type vastaus)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	dinosaurukseni	dinosauruksemme
2nd person	dinosauruksesi	dinosauruksenne
3rd person	dinosauruksensa

Synonyms

• hirmulisko

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin dinosaurus.

Noun

dinosaurus (first-person possessive dinosaurusku, second-person possessive dinosaurusmu, third-person possessive dinosaurusnya)

1. dinosaur

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Latin

Etymology

Modern coinage from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”) + -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diː.noˈsau̯.rus/, [d̪iːnɔˈs̠äu̯rʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.noˈsau̯.rus/, [d̪inoˈs̬äːu̯rus]

Proper noun

dīnosaurus m (genitive dīnosaurī); second declension (New Latin)

1. (sciences) any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct. [from c. 1840]
2. (colloquial) any member of the clade Dinosauria other than birds.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīnosaurus	dīnosaurī
Genitive	dīnosaurī	dīnosaurōrum
Dative	dīnosaurō	dīnosaurīs
Accusative	dīnosaurum	dīnosaurōs
Ablative	dīnosaurō	dīnosaurīs
Vocative	dīnosaure	dīnosaurī

Descendants

• → English: dinosaurus
• → Greek: δεινόσαυρος (deinósavros)
• → Italian: dinosauro

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dinosaurus m (definite singular dinosaurusen, indefinite plural dinosaurer, definite plural dinosaurene)

1. alternative form of dinosaur

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dinosaurus m (definite singular dinosaurusen, indefinite plural dinosaurar, definite plural dinosaurane)

1. alternative form of dinosaur

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• dinosàur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dinosǎurus/
• Hyphenation: di‧no‧sa‧u‧rus

Noun

dinosàurus m (Cyrillic spelling диноса̀урус)

1. dinosaur

Declension

Declension of dinosaurus

	singular	plural
nominative	dinosaurus	dinosaurusi
genitive	dinosaurusa	dinosaurusa
dative	dinosaurusu	dinosaurusima
accusative	dinosaurusa	dinosauruse
vocative	dinosauruse	dinosaurusi
locative	dinosaurusu	dinosaurusima
instrumental	dinosaurusom	dinosaurusima

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Slovak

Noun

dinosaurus m

1. dinosaur

Declension

Declension of dinosaurus

	singular	plural
nominative	dinosaurus	dinosaury
genitive	dinosaura	dinosaurov
dative	dinosaurovi	dinosaurom
accusative	dinosaura	dinosaury
locative	dinosaurovi	dinosauroch
instrumental	dinosaurom	dinosaurami

Further reading

• dinosaurus in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Volapük

Noun

dinosaurus

1. Predicative Plural of dinosaur