anaconda

anaconda

See also: Anaconda

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From New Latin anacandaia (“python”) [originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka], from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙන (hena, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “stem, trunk, body”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈkɒndə/

Noun

a green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

anaconda (plural anacondas)

1. Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. [from 19th c.]
2. (in particular) The green anaconda; Eunectes murinus.
3. (by extension, slang, vulgar) A large penis.
   • 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot, "Baby Got Back", Mack Daddy:

     My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon

   • 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Liar's Game‎, Signet, published 2002, →ISBN:

     Womack went into the bedroom and checked on his two boys. When I headed to the bathroom to drain my anaconda, I caught a profile of him standing in the doorway, smiling down on the little rascals.

   • 2006, Christopher Darrick Odom, Visa Versa: Black Men Suffer in the Dating Game Too!‎, iUniverse, →ISBN, page xi:

     I have chased after white women to find they only wanted to dance with my anaconda and weren't interested in me as a partner.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:anaconda.

Synonyms

• (penis): see also Thesaurus:macropenis.

Derived terms

• anaconda mortgage

Translations

any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes

Marathi: आणणे and कोंडणे f (āṇṇe and koṇḍṇe) Arabic: أَنَاكُنْدَة‎ f (ʾanakonda) Belarusian: анако́нда f (anakónda) Borôro: jure Bulgarian: анако́нда (bg) f (anakónda) Catalan: anaconda (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 大水蟒 (dàshuǐmǎng), 森蚺 (zh) (sēnrán) Czech: anakonda (cs) f Danish: anakonda c Dutch: anaconda (nl) f or m Esperanto: anakondo Finnish: anakonda (fi) French: anaconda (fr) m German: Anakonda (de) f Greek: ανακόντα (el) f (anakónta) Ido: anakondo (io) Irish: anacanda m Italian: anaconda (it) f Japanese: アナコンダ (ja) (anakonda) Korean: 아나콘다 (ko) (anakonda) Persian: آناکوندا‎ (ânâkondâ) Polish: anakonda (pl) f Portuguese: anaconda (pt), sucuri Russian: анако́нда (ru) f (anakónda) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: анаконда f Roman: anakonda (sh) f Spanish: anaconda Sranan Tongo: aboma Swedish: anakonda (sv) c Tagalog: anakonda Thai: อนาคอนดา (à-naa-kɔn-dâa) Turkish: anakonda (tr) Ukrainian: анако́нда f (anakónda) Welsh: neidr (cy) f

Proper noun

anaconda

1. (card games) A particular variety of stud poker.

Synonyms

• (card game): pass the trash

References

• “anaconda”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “anaconda”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “anaconda” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.

Further reading

• Richard Boyle (27 July 2008), ““The Anaconda of Ceylon”: Derivations and the myths”, in The Sunday Times, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Wijeya Newspapers Ltd., retrieved 18 July 2018, Sunday Times Plus

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Catalan

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondes)

1. anaconda

Further reading

• “anaconda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.naːˈkɔn.daː/

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• Hyphenation: ana‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f or m (plural anaconda's)

1. anaconda, constrictor of the genus Eunectes.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na.kɔ̃.da/

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Noun

anaconda m (plural anacondas)

1. anaconda

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈkon.da/
• Rhymes: -onda
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧cón‧da

Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)

1. (snake) anaconda

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈkõ.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈkõ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈkõ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nɐˈkõ.dɐ/

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

1. anaconda

   Synonym: sucuri

Further reading

• “anaconda” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French anaconda.

Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)

1. anaconda

Declension

Declension of anaconda

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) anaconda	anacondaua	(niște) anaconde	anacondele
genitive/dative	(unei) anaconde	anacondei	(unor) anaconde	anacondelor
vocative	—		—

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anaˈkonda/ [a.naˈkõn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: a‧na‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

1. anaconda
2. (by extension, slang, vulgar) a large penis

Further reading

• “anaconda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014