aligator

aligator

See also: alligator and aligátor

Galician

Noun

aligator m (plural aligatores)

1. alligator

Synonyms

• jacaré

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Polish

aligator

Etymology

Borrowed from English alligator,[1] from Spanish el lagarto,[2][3] from Latin lacertus. First attested in 1816.[4]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.liˈɡa.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ga‧tor

Noun

aligator m anim

1. alligator (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator)

   w paszczy aligatora ― ina n alligator's maw/jaw/mouth

   skóra aligatora ― an alligator's skin/leather

   głowa aligatora ― an alligator's head

2. (colloquial) alligator leather

Declension

Declension of aligator

	singular	plural
nominative	aligator	aligatory
genitive	aligatora	aligatorów
dative	aligatorowi	aligatorom
accusative	aligatora	aligatory
instrumental	aligatorem	aligatorami
locative	aligatorze	aligatorach
vocative	aligatorze	aligatory

Derived terms

nouns

• aligator amerykański
• aligator chiński

 

See also

• krokodyl

References

1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “aligator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
3. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish)
4. Kuryer Litewski‎, issue 85, 1816, page 3

• Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

• aligator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aligator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “aligator”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aligator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.ɡaˈtoʁ/ [a.li.ɡaˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.ɡaˈtoʁ/ [a.li.ɡaˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.li.ɡaˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.li.ɡaˈtoʁ/ [a.li.ɡaˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.ɡaˈtoɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.li.ɡɐˈtoɾ/ [ɐ.li.ɣɐˈtoɾ]

Noun

aligator m (plural aligatores)

1. Alternative form of aligátor

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Romanian

aligator

Etymology

Borrowed from French alligator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aliɡaˈtor]

Noun

aligator m (plural aligatori)

1. alligator

Declension

Declension of aligator

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) aligator	aligatorul	(niște) aligatori	aligatorii
genitive/dative	(unui) aligator	aligatorului	(unor) aligatori	aligatorilor
vocative	aligatorule		aligatorilor

See also

• crocodil

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alǐɡaːtor/
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧ga‧tor

Noun

alìgātor m (Cyrillic spelling алѝга̄тор)

1. alligator

Declension

Declension of aligator

	singular	plural
nominative	alìgātor	aligatori
genitive	aligatora	aligatora
dative	aligatoru	aligatorima
accusative	aligatora	aligatore
vocative	aligatore	aligatori
locative	aligatoru	aligatorima
instrumental	aligatorom	aligatorima

See also

• krokòdil

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aliɡáːtɔr/

Noun

aligȃtor m anim

1. alligator

Inflection

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	aligátor
gen. sing.	aligátorja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	aligátor	aligátorja	aligátorji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	aligátorja	aligátorjev	aligátorjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	aligátorju	aligátorjema	aligátorjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	aligátorja	aligátorja	aligátorje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	aligátorju	aligátorjih	aligátorjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	aligátorjem	aligátorjema	aligátorji

Further reading

• “aligator”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• aligátor

Etymology

Borrowed from English alligator, which in turn came from Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aliɡaˈtoɾ/ [a.li.ɣ̞aˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ga‧tor

Noun

aligator m (plural aligatores)

1. alligator (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator)

   Synonym: caimán