Andes
English
Etymology
From Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua anti (“east”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ănʹdēz, IPA(key): /ˈæn.diːz/
Audio (UK): (file)
Proper noun
the Andes
- Synonym of Andes Mountains.
Derived terms
Translations
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Anagrams
- Sedan, Desna, snead, Snead, Sande, Deans, deans, nades, sedan, Adens, Denas, saden, Sedna, Danes, Neads, DNase
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua anti (“east”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Andes m pl (plural only)
- Andes (a mountain range in South America)
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Andes, or alternatively Latin Andes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑn.dɛs/, /ˈɑn.dəs/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: An‧des
Proper noun
de Andes pl
- the Andes [from late 16th c.]
- 1596, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien 1579-1592, Vol. 3, C.P. Burger & F.W.T. Hunger (eds.), Martinus Nijhoff (publ. 1934), page 176.
- Soo zijn dan die grensen oost ende zuyden Argyropolis, nae den nederganck die zuyder Zee, nae't noorden die Province Pastoa, dit landt wordt afghedeelt in driederley deelen, in Planitiem, Sierras, Andes, dat is in even ofte plat landt aen die Zee ligghende, in berghen ofte in berghachtighe landen, die midden door't landt strecken, ende in Peru over het gheberchte nae't oosten.
- The borders are like this: to the east and south Argyropolis (name of a river), to the descent to the south the sea, to the north the Province Pastoa, this land is divided into three parts, into Planitiem, Sierras, Andes, that is into level or flat land lying next to the sea, into mountains or into mountainous lands, that range across the middle of the lands, and into Pery over the mountains to the east.
- 1596, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien 1579-1592, Vol. 3, C.P. Burger & F.W.T. Hunger (eds.), Martinus Nijhoff (publ. 1934), page 176.
Derived terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃d/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑ̃d
Proper noun
les Andes f pl (plural only)
- synonym of cordillère des Andes (“Andes”)
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Anagrams
Galician
Proper noun
Andes m pl (plural only)
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Latin
Etymology 1
From *ande-
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈan.deːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈan̪.d̪es]
Proper noun
Andēs m pl (genitive Andium); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
plural | |
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nominative | Andēs |
genitive | Andium |
dative | Andibus |
accusative | Andēs Andīs |
ablative | Andibus |
vocative | Andēs |
References
- “Andes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Etymology 2
From Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”)
Proper noun
Andēs f pl (genitive Andium); third declension
- (New Latin) Andes (a mountain range in South America)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
plural | |
---|---|
nominative | Andēs |
genitive | Andium |
dative | Andibus |
accusative | Andēs Andīs |
ablative | Andibus |
vocative | Andēs |
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua andi.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃.d͡ʒis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃.d͡ʒiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃.des/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃.dɨʃ/
- Hyphenation: An‧des
Proper noun
Andes m pl (plural only)
- Andes (a mountain range in South America)
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Quechua anti (“east”). More at Andes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈandes/ [ˈãn̪.d̪es]
- Rhymes: -andes
- Syllabification: An‧des
Proper noun
los Andes m pl (plural only)
- the Andes
Derived terms
Anagrams
Swedish
Proper noun
Andes
- indefinite genitive singular of Ande
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Andes, from Quechua anti (“east”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔandes/ [ˈʔan̪.d̪ɛs]
- Rhymes: -andes
- Syllabification: An‧des
Proper noun
Andes (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜐ᜔)