Pyrenean

English

Etymology

From Latin Pȳrēnaeus +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɪɹəˈniːən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

Pyrenean (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain
   • 1845, Selina Bunbury, Evenings in the Pyrenées:

     Pierre held his berret ^[sic] in his hand, and the boldness of the Pyrenean hunter was strangely overcome in the absence of all apparent danger: he really knew not what he did or what he said.

Derived terms

• Pyrenean desman
• Pyrenean chamois
• Pyrenean Sheepdog

Translations

of or pertaining to the Pyrenees

• Armenian: պիրենեյան (pireneyan)
• Asturian: pirenaicu
• Catalan: pirenaic, pirinenc (ca)
• Czech: pyrenejský (cs)
• Dutch: Pyrenees (nl), Pyrenese (nl)
• French: pyrénéen (fr) m
• German: pyrenäisch (de)
• Italian: pirenaico (it)
• Macedonian: пирине́јски (pirinéjski)
• Occitan: pirenenc, pirenèu
• Polish: pirenejski (pl)
• Portuguese: pirenaico
• Russian: пирене́йский (ru) (pirenéjskij)
• Spanish: pirenaico (es)

Noun

Pyrenean (plural Pyreneans)

1. A native or inhabitant of the Pyrenees.