aligator

See also: alligator and aligátor

Galician

Noun

aligator m (plural aligatores)

1. alligator

   Synonym: jacaré

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch alligator, from English alligator, from Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”), from Latin lacertus (“lizard”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aliˈɡator/ [a.liˈɡa.t̪ɔr]
• Rhymes: -ator
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ga‧tor

Noun

aligator (plural aligator-aligator)

1. alligator, large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator

Further reading

• “aligator”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

aligator

Etymology

Borrowed from English alligator, from Spanish el lagarto, from Latin lacertus. First attested in 1816.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.liˈɡa.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ga‧tor

Noun

aligator m animal

1. alligator (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator)

   w paszczy aligatora ― in an alligator's maw/jaw/mouth

   skóra aligatora ― an alligator's skin/leather

   głowa aligatora ― an alligator's head

2. (colloquial) alligator leather

Declension

Declension of aligator

	singular	plural
nominative	aligator	aligatory
genitive	aligatora	aligatorów
dative	aligatorowi	aligatorom
accusative	aligatora	aligatory
instrumental	aligatorem	aligatorami
locative	aligatorze	aligatorach
vocative	aligatorze	aligatory

Derived terms

nouns

• aligator amerykański
• aligator chiński

See also

• krokodyl

Further reading

• “aligator”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “aligator”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “aligator”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aligator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.ɡaˈtoʁ/ [a.li.ɡaˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.ɡaˈtoʁ/ [a.li.ɡaˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.li.ɡaˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.li.ɡaˈtoʁ/ [a.li.ɡaˈtoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.li.ɡaˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.li.ɡɐˈtoɾ/ [ɐ.li.ɣɐˈtoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.li.ɡɐˈtoɾ/ [ɐ.li.ɣɐˈtoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.li.ɡɐˈto.ɾi/ [ɐ.li.ɣɐˈto.ɾi]

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧ga‧tor

Noun

aligator m (plural aligatores)

1. alternative form of aligátor

Further reading

• “aligator”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

aligator

Etymology

Borrowed from French alligator.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aliɡaˈtor]

Noun

aligator m (plural aligatori)

1. alligator

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aligator	aligatorul	aligatori	aligatorii
genitive-dative	aligator	aligatorului	aligatori	aligatorilor
vocative	aligatorule		aligatorilor

See also

• crocodil

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alǐɡaːtor/
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧ga‧tor

Noun

alìgātor m anim (Cyrillic spelling алѝга̄тор)

1. alligator

Declension

Declension of aligator

	singular	plural
nominative	alìgātor	aligatori
genitive	aligatora	aligatora
dative	aligatoru	aligatorima
accusative	aligatora	aligatore
vocative	aligatore	aligatori
locative	aligatoru	aligatorima
instrumental	aligatorom	aligatorima

See also

• krokòdil

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aliɡáːtɔr/

Noun

aligȃtor m anim

1. alligator

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	aligátor
gen. sing.	aligátorja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	aligátor	aligátorja	aligátorji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	aligátorja	aligátorjev	aligátorjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	aligátorju	aligátorjema	aligátorjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	aligátorja	aligátorja	aligátorje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	aligátorju	aligátorjih	aligátorjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	aligátorjem	aligátorjema	aligátorji

Further reading

• “aligator”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aliɡaˈtoɾ/ [a.li.ɣ̞aˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ga‧tor

Noun

aligator m (plural aligatores or aligators)

1. (dated, now proscribed) alternative form of aligátor (“alligator”)