archipel

• IPA^(key): [ˈarxɪpɛl]

archipel m inan

1. archipelago

   Synonym: souostroví

• “archipel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “archipel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from French archipel, from Italian Arcipelago (“the Chief Sea, the Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). The Aegean (the Arcipelago) is a sea with many islands; by extension, the term an Arcipelago at first referred to any sea with many islands, then to the islands themselves.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑrxiˈpɛl/, /ˈɑr.xiˌpɛl/, /ˌɑr.ʃiˈpɛl/, /ˈɑr.ʃiˌpɛl/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧chi‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

archipel m (plural archipels, diminutive archipelletje n)

1. archipelago

• eilandengroep

• Afrikaans: argipel

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃi.pɛl/

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archipel m (plural archipels)

1. archipelago

• “archipel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.