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dinosaurus

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English

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Noun

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dinosaurus (plural dinosauri or dinosauruses)

  1. Alternative form of dinosaur

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdɪnosau̯rus]
  • Hyphenation: di‧no‧sau‧rus

Noun

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dinosaurus m anim

  1. dinosaur

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Further reading

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

Danish

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Noun

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dinosaurus c (singular definite dinosauren, plural indefinite dinosaurer)

  1. dinosaur

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin dinosaurus, from English dinosaur.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌdi.noːˈsɑu̯.rʏs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧no‧sau‧rus
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯rʏs

Noun

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dinosaurus m (plural dinosaurussen, diminutive dinosaurusje n)

  1. dinosaur, archosaur of the super-order Dinosauria [from late 19th c.]
    • 1885 June 27, “Nieuwstijdingen”, in Venloosch Weekblad, volume 23, number 26, page 1:
      Dit dijbeen is daarom merkwaardig, omdat 't het bestaan eener derde soort „Dinosaurus” in de formatie bij Maastricht doet vermoeden.
      This femur is therefore remarkable, because it gives cause to suspect the existence of a third species of dinosaur in the formation near Maastricht.
    • 1899 February 21, “Het grootste dier der wereld”, in Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, vol. 21, no. 6422, part 2, page 1:
      Nabij Wyoming in de Vereenigde Staten heeft men het grootste voorwereldlijke dier ontdekt, dat bekend is, namelijk den brontosaurus, een kruipend dier, behoorende tot de orde der dinosaurussen.
      Near Wyoming[sic] in the United States the largest prehistoric animal that is known has been discovered, that is the brontosaur, a reptile, belonging to the order of the dinosaurs.

Synonyms

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Estonian

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Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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New Latin dinosaurus.

Noun

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dinosaurus (genitive dinosauruse, partitive dinosaurust)

  1. dinosaur (prehistoric reptile)
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) dinosaur (old-fashioned person or thing)

Inflection

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Declension of dinosaurus (ÕS type 11/harjutus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative dinosaurus dinosaurused
accusative nom.
gen. dinosauruse
genitive dinosauruste
partitive dinosaurust dinosaurusi
illative dinosaurusse
dinosaurusesse
dinosaurustesse
dinosaurusisse
inessive dinosauruses dinosaurustes
dinosaurusis
elative dinosaurusest dinosaurustest
dinosaurusist
allative dinosaurusele dinosaurustele
dinosaurusile
adessive dinosaurusel dinosaurustel
dinosaurusil
ablative dinosauruselt dinosaurustelt
dinosaurusilt
translative dinosauruseks dinosaurusteks
dinosaurusiks
terminative dinosauruseni dinosaurusteni
essive dinosaurusena dinosaurustena
abessive dinosauruseta dinosaurusteta
comitative dinosaurusega dinosaurustega
Declension of dinosaurus (ÕS type 9/katus, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative dinosaurus dinosaurused
accusative nom.
gen. dinosauruse
genitive dinosauruste
partitive dinosaurust dinosauruseid
illative dinosaurusesse dinosaurustesse
dinosauruseisse
inessive dinosauruses dinosaurustes
dinosauruseis
elative dinosaurusest dinosaurustest
dinosauruseist
allative dinosaurusele dinosaurustele
dinosauruseile
adessive dinosaurusel dinosaurustel
dinosauruseil
ablative dinosauruselt dinosaurustelt
dinosauruseilt
translative dinosauruseks dinosaurusteks
dinosauruseiks
terminative dinosauruseni dinosaurusteni
essive dinosaurusena dinosaurustena
abessive dinosauruseta dinosaurusteta
comitative dinosaurusega dinosaurustega

Finnish

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Etymology

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From New Latin dīnosaurus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdinosɑu̯rus/, [ˈdino̞ˌs̠ɑ̝u̯rus̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑurus
  • Hyphenation(key): di‧no‧sau‧rus

Noun

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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dinosaurus

  1. dinosaur
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) dinosaur (old-fashioned person or thing)

Declension

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Inflection of dinosaurus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative dinosaurus dinosaurukset
genitive dinosauruksen dinosaurusten
dinosauruksien
partitive dinosaurusta dinosauruksia
illative dinosaurukseen dinosauruksiin
singular plural
nominative dinosaurus dinosaurukset
accusative nom. dinosaurus dinosaurukset
gen. dinosauruksen
genitive dinosauruksen dinosaurusten
dinosauruksien
partitive dinosaurusta dinosauruksia
inessive dinosauruksessa dinosauruksissa
elative dinosauruksesta dinosauruksista
illative dinosaurukseen dinosauruksiin
adessive dinosauruksella dinosauruksilla
ablative dinosaurukselta dinosauruksilta
allative dinosaurukselle dinosauruksille
essive dinosauruksena dinosauruksina
translative dinosaurukseksi dinosauruksiksi
abessive dinosauruksetta dinosauruksitta
instructive dinosauruksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of dinosaurus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin dinosaurus.

Noun

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dinosaurus

  1. dinosaur

Latin

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Etymology

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Modern coinage from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great) + σαῦρος (saûros, lizard, reptile).

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Proper noun

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dīnosaurus m (genitive dīnosaurī); second declension (New Latin)

  1. (New Latin, sciences) any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct. [from c. 1840]
  2. (colloquial) any member of the clade Dinosauria other than birds.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dīnosaurus dīnosaurī
genitive dīnosaurī dīnosaurōrum
dative dīnosaurō dīnosaurīs
accusative dīnosaurum dīnosaurōs
ablative dīnosaurō dīnosaurīs
vocative dīnosaure dīnosaurī

Descendants

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  • English: dinosaurus
  • Greek: δεινόσαυρος (deinósavros)
  • Italian: dinosauro

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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dinosaurus m (definite singular dinosaurusen, indefinite plural dinosaurer, definite plural dinosaurene)

  1. alternative form of dinosaur

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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dinosaurus m (definite singular dinosaurusen, indefinite plural dinosaurar, definite plural dinosaurane)

  1. alternative form of dinosaur

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dinosǎurus/
  • Hyphenation: di‧no‧sa‧u‧rus

Noun

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dinosàurus m (Cyrillic spelling диноса̀урус)

  1. dinosaur

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Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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dinosaurus m animal (related adjective dinosaurí)

  1. dinosaur

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Further reading

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  • dinosaurus”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Volapük

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Noun

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dinosaurus

  1. Predicative Plural of dinosaur