marsupial

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (pouch, purse), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, bag, pouch); with English -al.

Pronunciation

[edit]
The kangaroo is a marsupial.

Noun

[edit]

marsupial (plural marsupials)

  1. Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

Hyponyms

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

Translations

[edit]

See also

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

marsupial (comparative more marsupial, superlative most marsupial)

  1. Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
    • 1892, The American naturalist, page 125:
      Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.
    • 1952, The Motor, page 520:
      It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.
    • 2002, Fiction Fix: First Injection, page 58:
      But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial, where the kangaroo lives.
  2. (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
    the marsupial bones

Translations

[edit]

Catalan

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

marsupial m (plural marsupials)

  1. marsupial

French

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

marsupial m (plural marsupiaux)

  1. marsupial

Further reading

[edit]

Portuguese

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [mah.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [mah.suˈpjaʊ̯]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /maɾ.su.piˈaw/ [maɾ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maɾ.suˈpjaw/ [maɾ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [maχ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [maχ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maɻ.su.piˈaw/ [maɻ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maɻ.suˈpjaw/ [maɻ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐɾ.suˈpjal/ [mɐɾ.suˈpjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐɾ.suˈpja.li/

  • Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pi‧al

Noun

[edit]

marsupial m (plural marsupiais)

  1. marsupial (mammal species whose females have a pouch to carry the offspring)

Adjective

[edit]

marsupial m or f (plural marsupiais)

  1. marsupial (of or relating to marsupials)

Romanian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from French marsupial.

Noun

[edit]

marsupial n (plural marsupiale)

  1. marsupial

Declension

[edit]

Spanish

[edit]
Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from New Latin marsūpiālis, from Latin marsūpium "pouch", from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion). More at marsupio.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /maɾsuˈpjal/ [maɾ.suˈpjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mar‧su‧pial

Adjective

[edit]

marsupial m or f (masculine and feminine plural marsupiales)

  1. marsupial

Derived terms

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

marsupial m (plural marsupiales)

  1. marsupial
[edit]

Further reading

[edit]