aligator

See also: alligator and aligátor

Galician

Noun

aligator m (plural aligatores)

  1. alligator
    Synonym: jacaré

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/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔr
  • Syllabification: a‧li‧ga‧tor

Noun

aligator m animal

  1. alligator (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator)
    w paszczy aligatora ― in an 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

See also

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (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]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.li.ɡɐˈto.ɾi/ [ɐ.li.ɣɐˈto.ɾi]

Noun

aligator m (plural aligatores)

  1. Alternative form of aligátor

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

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

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aliɡáːtɔr/

Noun

aligȃtor m anim

  1. alligator

Inflection
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
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

Spanish

Alternative forms

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
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