Andes

See also: andes, andés, and ändes

English

Etymology

From Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua anti (“east”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ănʹdēz, IPA^(key): /ˈæn.diːz/

• Audio (UK):

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Proper noun

the Andes

1. Synonym of Andes Mountains

Derived terms

• Andean
• andesine
• andesite
• Andes Mountains
• Lake Andes
• Los Andes

 

Translations

See also: Andes Mountains

mountain range in South America

• Arabic: أَنْدِيز m (ʔandīz)
• Armenian: Անդեր (hy) (Ander)
• Bulgarian: А́нди pl (Ándi)
• Catalan: Andes m pl
• Czech: Andy (cs) f pl
• Danish: Andes
• Dutch: de Andes (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Andoj
• Finnish: Andit (fi)
• French: les Andes (fr) f pl
• Galician: Andes m pl
• German: die Anden (de) pl
• Greek: Άνδεις (el) f pl (Ándeis)
• Hungarian: Andok (hu)
• Ido: Andi (io)
• Irish: Na hAindéis m pl
• Italian: Ande (it) f pl
• Latin: Andes (la)
• Macedonian: Анди pl (Andi)
• Navajo: Éendiiz
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Andes (no)

  Nynorsk: Andes

• Polish: Andy (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Andes m pl
• Romanian: Anzi m pl
• Russian: А́нды (ru) f pl (Ándy)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: А̑нде f pl

  Roman: Ȃnde (sh) f pl

• Slovak: Andy f pl
• Spanish: los Andes (es) m pl
• Swedish: Anderna (sv) c pl

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈan.dəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈan.des]

Proper noun

Andes m pl (plural only)

1. Andes (a mountain range in South America)

Related terms

• andí

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Andes, or alternatively Latin Andes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.dɛs/, /ˈɑn.dəs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: An‧des

Proper noun

de Andes pl

1. 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.

Derived terms

• andesvos

Anagrams

• danse

French

Etymology

Calque of Spanish Andes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃d/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃d

Proper noun

les Andes f pl (plural only)

1. Synonym of cordillère des Andes (“Andes”)

Related terms

• andin

 

Anagrams

• danse, dansé

Galician

Proper noun

Andes m pl

1. Andes

Related terms

• andino

Further reading

• “Andes”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Latin

Etymology 1

From *ande-

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.deːs/, [ˈän̪d̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.des/, [ˈän̪d̪es]

Proper noun

Andēs m pl (genitive Andium); third declension

1. alternative form of Andecāvī (a Gallic tribe in the region of present-day Anjou)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

	plural
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

1. (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/

• (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

1. Andes (a mountain range in South America)

Derived terms

• andino

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

1. the Andes

Derived terms

• andesina
• andesita
• andino
• cóndor andino
• cordillera de los Andes

 

Anagrams

• danés
• densa
• nades
• sedan
• sedán
• senda