Connecticut
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Said to be from Mohegan-Pequot quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”),[en 1] from *kwen- (“long”) (spelling due to confusion with connect) + *-ehtekw (“tidal river”) + *-enk (locative). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈnɛt.ɪ.kət/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈnɛt.ɪ.kət/, [kəˈnɛɾ.ɪ.kət]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kəˈnet.ɪ.kət/, [kəˈneɾ.ɪ.kət]
Proper noun
[edit]Connecticut
- A state in the northeastern United States.
- A river in the United States that flows from northern New Hampshire into Long Island Sound.
Abbreviations
[edit]Meronyms
[edit]- (state): Bridgeport, Hartford
Holonyms
[edit]- (state): New England
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
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See also
[edit]States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
References
[edit]- ^ “10 U.S. State Name Spellings and Origins”, in Wordplay[1], Merriam-Webster, retrieved 2024-08-31
Further reading
[edit]- Connecticut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Connecticut.
Proper noun
[edit]Connecticut (genitive Connecticuts)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Connecticut.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Connecticut
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Connecticut (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Connecticut | — | |
genitive | Connecticutin | — | |
partitive | Connecticutia | — | |
illative | Connecticutiin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Connecticut | — | |
accusative | nom. | Connecticut | — |
gen. | Connecticutin | ||
genitive | Connecticutin | — | |
partitive | Connecticutia | — | |
inessive | Connecticutissa | — | |
elative | Connecticutista | — | |
illative | Connecticutiin | — | |
adessive | Connecticutilla | — | |
ablative | Connecticutilta | — | |
allative | Connecticutille | — | |
essive | Connecticutina | — | |
translative | Connecticutiksi | — | |
abessive | Connecticutitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Connecticut m
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
References
[edit]- ^ Connecticut in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Connecticut, from Mohegan-Pequot quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”), from *kwen- (“long”) + *-ehtekw (“tidal river”) + *-enk (“place”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Connecticut m inan (indeclinable)
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
- Connecticut (a river in the United States)
Further reading
[edit]- Connecticut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Connecticut.
Proper noun
[edit]Connecticut m
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
Romanian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Connecticut n
- Connecticut (U.S. State)
Slovak
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Connecticut m inan (genitive singular Connecticutu, declension pattern of dub)
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
References
[edit]- “Connecticut”, 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, 2024
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Connecticut ?
- Connecticut (a state of the United States)
See also
[edit]- Connecticut on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
- English terms borrowed from Mohegan-Pequot
- English terms derived from Mohegan-Pequot
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Connecticut, USA
- en:States of the United States
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Rivers in the United States
- Danish terms borrowed from English
- Danish terms derived from English
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with C
- da:States of the United States
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish terms spelled with C
- fi:Connecticut, USA
- fi:States of the United States
- fi:Places in the United States
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian unadapted borrowings from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛktikat
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛktikat/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Connecticut, USA
- it:States of the United States
- it:Places in the United States
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish terms derived from Mohegan-Pequot
- Polish 4-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ikat
- Rhymes:Polish/ikat/4 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Connecticut, USA
- pl:States of the United States
- pl:Places in the United States
- pl:Rivers in the United States
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Connecticut, USA
- pt:States of the United States
- pt:Places in the United States
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns
- ro:States of the United States
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak masculine nouns
- Slovak inanimate nouns
- sk:Connecticut, USA
- sk:States of the United States
- sk:Places in the United States
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ut
- Rhymes:Spanish/ut/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- es:Connecticut, USA
- es:States of the United States
- es:Places in the United States