península

See also: peninsula and peninsulă

Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

península f (plural penínsules)

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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Noun

península f (plural penínsules)

1. peninsula

Derived terms

• península Balcànica
• Península Ibèrica

Related terms

• illa

Further reading

• “península” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “península”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈninsuʎɐ/

Noun

península f (plural penínsulas)

1. peninsula

Portuguese

península

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈnĩ.su.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈnĩ.su.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈnĩ.su.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈnĩ.su.lɐ/

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

Noun

península f (plural penínsulas)

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

   Synonyms: cabo, promontório

   Meronym: istmo

Related terms

• ilha
• ínsua
• peninsular

 

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Colombia):

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

Noun

península f (plural penínsulas)

1. peninsula

Derived terms

• península ibérica
• peninsular

 

Related terms

• isla

 

Further reading

• “península”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16