alligator

See also Alligator, and al·ligàtor

English

Wikipedia

An alligator, Alligator mississippiensis.

Etymology 1

Latin alligator

Noun

alligator (plural alligators)

1. (obsolete) One who binds or ties.

Etymology 2

Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈælɪɡeɪtə/, X-SAMPA: /"{lIgeIt@/
• (US) enPR: ălʹĭ-gā-tər, IPA: /ˈælɪɡeɪtɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"{lIgeIt@`/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

alligator (plural alligators)

1. A large amphibious reptile with sharp teeth and very strong jaws related to the crocodile and native to the Americas and China. Informal short form: gator

   All you could see of the alligator were its two eyes above the water, and suddenly it snatched up and caught the poor bird with its strong jaws full of sharp teeth.

Derived terms

Terms derived from alligator

Alligator Alley alligator apple alligator bait alligator clip alligatored alligator fish alligator forceps alligator gar

alligator grass alligatoring alligator leather alligator lizard alligator pear Alligator Pond alligator press alligator shear

alligator skin alligator snapper, alligator snapping turtle alligator spread alligator terrapin alligator tortoise alligator turtle, alligator-turtle alligator weed

alligator wood alligator wrench American alligator Chinese alligator gator prairie alligator see you later alligator spectacled alligator

Translations

A large amphibious reptile with sharp teeth and very strong jaws

• Arabic: تمساح (ar) (timsaaH) m, تمساح أميركي (ar) (timsaaH 'amriikiy) m
• Armenian: ալիգատոր (hy) (aligator)
• Bulgarian: алигатор (bg) (aligator) m
• Catalan: al·ligàtor (ca) m
• Chamicuro: kashyuna
• Cherokee: ᏧᎳᏍᎩ (chr) (tsulasgi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美洲鱷 (cmn), 美洲鳄 (cmn) (Měizhōu è), 短吻鱷 (cmn), 短吻鳄 (cmn) (duǎnwěn'è)

  Min Nan: 覓仔 (nan) (ba̍h-á)

• Czech: aligátor (cs) m
• Danish: alligator (da) c
• Dutch: alligator (nl) m
• Esperanto: aligatoro (eo)
• Estonian: alligaator (et)
• Finnish: alligaattori (fi)
• French: alligator (fr) m
• Georgian: ალიგატორი (ka) (aligatori)
• German: Alligator (de) m
• Greek: αλλιγάτορας (el) (alligátoras) m, αλιγάτορας (el) (aligátoras) m
• Hindi: मगरमच्छ (hi) (magarmucch), घड़ियाल (hi) (ghaṛiyāl), मगर (hi) (magar)
• Hungarian: aligátor (hu)
• Italian: alligatore (it) m
• Japanese: わに (ja) (wani), ワニ (ja) (wani)
• Khmer: ក្រពើ (km) (grabpeu), ក្រពា (km) (kror pea)
• Korean: 악어 (ko) (ag-eo)

• Lithuanian: aligatorius (lt) m
• Macedonian: алигатор (mk) (aligator) m
• Navajo: bitseeʼ yee adiłhałii
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: alligator (nb) m

  Nynorsk: alligator (nn) m

• Persian: تمساح (fa) (temsâh)
• Polish: aligator (pl) m
• Portuguese: aligátor (pt) m, jacaré (pt) m
• Romanian: aligator (ro) m
• Russian: аллигатор (ru) (alligátor) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: алигатор (sh) m

  Roman: aligator (sh) m

• Slovene: aligátor (sl) m
• Spanish: aligátor (es) m, aligator (es) m, caimán (es) m
• Swahili: aligatori (sw), aligeita (sw)
• Swedish: alligator (sv) c
• Tok Pisin: pukpuk (tpi)
• Tswana: kwena (tn)
• Turkish: timsah (tr)
• Ukrainian: алiгатор (uk) (alihator) m
• Urdu: گھڑیال (ur) (ghaṛiyāl), مگر (ur) (magar), شیر آبی (ur) (śer ābī)
• Vietnamese: cá sấu (vi)

Verb

alligator (third-person singular simple present alligators, present participle alligatoring, simple past and past participle alligatored)

1. (of paint or other coatings) To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.

See also

• caiman, cayman
• croc
• crocodile
• gavial, gharial
• Appendix:Animals

References

• "Alligator" in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds, 2004.

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Danish

Noun

alligator c (singular definite alligatoren, plural indefinite alligatorer)

1. alligator

Inflection

    Inflection of alligator

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	alligator	alligatoren	alligatorer	alligatorerne
genitive	alligators	alligatorens	alligatorers	alligatorernes

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Dutch

Noun

alligator m (plural alligators, diminutive alligatortje)

1. alligator

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /a.li.ɡa.tɔʁ/, X-SAMPA: /a.li.ga.tOR/

Noun

alligator m (plural alligators)

1. alligator (animal)

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Latin

Etymology

From alligo (“I bind”) + -tor

Alternative forms

• adligator

Noun

alligātor (genitive alligatōris); m, third declension

1. one who ties or binds

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	alligātor	alligatōrēs
genitive	alligatōris	alligatōrum
dative	alligatōrī	alligatōribus
accusative	alligatōrem	alligatōrēs
ablative	alligatōre	alligatōribus
vocative	alligātor	alligatōrēs

Descendants

• English: alligator (obsolete)

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Swedish

Noun

alligator c

1. alligator (animal)

Declension

Declension of alligator

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alligator	alligatorn	alligatorer	alligatorerna
genitive	alligators	alligatorns	alligatorers	alligatorernas