ornitorinc
Catalan
Alternative forms
- ornitorrinc
Etymology
From the genus name.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /oɾ.ni.tuˈriŋk/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ur.ni.tuˈriŋ/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /oɾ.ni.toˈriŋk/
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Noun
ornitorinc m (plural ornitorincs)
- platypus
Further reading
- “ornitorrinc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ornitorinc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “ornitorrinc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ornitorinc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian
ornitorinc
Etymology
Borrowed from French ornithorynque, from translingual Ornithorhynchus (“genus name”), from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ornitoˈrink/
Noun
ornitorinc m (plural ornitorinci)
- platypus (ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Declension
Declension of ornitorinc
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) ornitorinc | ornitorincul | (niște) ornitorinci | ornitorincii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) ornitorinc | ornitorincului | (unor) ornitorinci | ornitorincilor |
| vocative | ornitorincule | ornitorincilor | ||