península

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

península f (plural penínsules)

1. (geography) peninsula (a piece of land projecting into water)

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈnin.su.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peˈnin.su.la]

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península f (plural penínsules)

1. peninsula

• península Balcànica
• Península Ibèrica

• illa

• “península”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “península”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “península” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “península” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

• IPA^(key): /peˈninsula/ [peˈnĩn.s̺u.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -insula
• Hyphenation: pe‧nín‧su‧la

península f (plural penínsulas)

1. peninsula

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).

• Rhymes: -ĩsulɐ
• Hyphenation: pe‧nín‧su‧la

península f (plural penínsulas)

1. (geography) peninsula (a piece of land projecting into water)

   Synonyms: cabo, promontório

   Meronym: istmo

• “península” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Inherited from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”) +‎ īnsula (“island”).

• IPA^(key): /peˈninsula/ [peˈnĩn.su.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -insula
• Syllabification: pe‧nín‧su‧la

península f (plural penínsulas)

1. peninsula

   península arábiga ― Arabian Peninsula

• “península”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024