anaconda

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English

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Etymology

From New Latin anacandaia (python) [originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka], from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, whip snake), from හෙන (hena, lightning, thunderbolt) + කඳ (kaⁿda, stem, trunk, body).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˌænəˈkɒndə/

Noun

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anaconda (plural anacondas)

  1. Any of various large nonvenomous snakes of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. Their length can grow to as much as 5 m (15 ft). [from 19th c.]
  2. (in particular) The green anaconda; Eunectes murinus.
  3. (by extension, slang, vulgar) A large penis.
    • 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot, "Baby Got Back", Mack Daddy:
      My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon
    • 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Liar's Game, Signet (2002), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
      Womack went into the bedroom and checked on his two boys. When I headed to the bathroom to drain my anaconda, I caught a profile of him standing in the doorway, smiling down on the little rascals.
    • 2006, Christopher Darrick Odom, Visa Versa: Black Men Suffer in the Dating Game Too!, iUniverse (2006), →ISBN, page xi:
      I have chased after white women to find they only wanted to dance with my anaconda and weren't interested in me as a partner.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:anaconda.

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Proper noun

anaconda

  1. (card games) A particular variety of stud poker.

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Catalan

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondes)

  1. anaconda

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaː.naːˈkɔn.daː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: aca‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f or m (plural anaconda's)

  1. anaconda, constrictor of the genus Eunectes.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

anaconda m (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.naˈkon.da/
  • Rhymes: -onda
  • Hyphenation: a‧na‧cón‧da

Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)

  1. (snake) anaconda

Portuguese

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda
    Synonym: sucuri

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Romanian

Etymology

From French anaconda.

Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)

  1. anaconda

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anaˈkonda/ [a.naˈkõn̪.d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -onda
  • Hyphenation: a‧na‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

  1. anaconda
  2. (by extension, slang, vulgar) a large penis

Further reading