Pyrene
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Pȳrēnē (“the Pyrenees”).
Adjective
[edit]Pyrene (not comparable)
- (relational, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a range of mountains separating France and Spain; Pyrenean.
- 1636, William Camden, “Britaine”, in Remaines Concerning Britaine, London: […] Thomas Harper, for John Waterſon, page 4:
- The power of the Kings more abſolute, than in moſt other kingdomes, their territories very large; for the Kings of England, beſide Ireland, have commanded from the Iſles of Orkenay, to the Pyrene Mountains, and are de jure,Kings of all France by deſcent.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πυρήνη (Purḗnē).
Proper noun
[edit]Pȳrēnē f sg (genitive Pȳrēnēs); first declension
- the Pyrenees mountain
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Pȳrēnē |
| Genitive | Pȳrēnēs |
| Dative | Pȳrēnae |
| Accusative | Pȳrēnēn |
| Ablative | Pȳrēnē |
| Vocative | Pȳrēnē |
Derived terms
[edit]- Pȳrēnaeus (“Pyrenean”)
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