Pyrenees

See also: Pyrénées

English

Etymology

First attested in 1555; from French Pyrénées, from Latin Pȳrēnaeī montēs, from Ancient Greek Πῡρήνη (Pūrḗnē) (“Pyrene”, literally “fruit-stone”), daughter of Bebryx and beloved of Herakles, and who, legend has it, is buried in the range.

Proper noun

Pyrenees pl

1. The mountain range separating Spain from France, inhabited by Basques in the west, Aragoneses in the centre and Catalans in the east.

Translations

the mountain range separating Spain from France

• Afrikaans: Pireneë
• Armenian: Պիրենեյներ pl (Pireneyner)
• Basque: Pirinioak pl
• Bulgarian: Пирене́и (Pirenéi)
• Catalan: Pirineus m pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比利牛斯山脈, 比利牛斯山脉 (Bǐlìniúsī shānmài)

• Czech: Pyreneje (cs) f pl
• Danish: Pyrenæerne
• Dutch: Pyreneeën (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Pireneoj pl
• Estonian: Püreneed
• Finnish: Pyreneet (fi)
• French: Pyrénées (fr) f pl
• German: Pyrenäen (de) f pl
• Greek: Πυρηναία (el) (Pyrinaía)
• Hindi: पिरनीज़ (hi) m (pirnīz)
• Hungarian: Pireneusok (hu)
• Italian: Pirenei (it) pl

• Japanese: ピレネー山脈 (Pirenē-sanmyaku)
• Latin: Pȳrēnaeī m pl
• Latvian: Pireneji m pl
• Lithuanian: Pirėnai m pl
• Macedonian: Пирине́и pl (Pirinéi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Pyreneene

  Nynorsk: Pyreneane

• Occitan: Pirenèus (oc) m pl
• Polish: Pireneje (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Pireneus m pl, Pirenéus m pl
• Romanian: Pirinei m pl
• Russian: Пирене́и (ru) pl (Pirenéi)
• Slovak: Pyreneje f pl
• Slovene: Pyreneji m pl
• Spanish: Pirineos (es) pl
• Swedish: Pyrenéerna
• Turkish: Pireneler