tundra

See also: Tundra and túndra

English

WOTD – 24 December 2006

Wikipedia

A tundra.

Etymology

From Kildin Sami tū̄ndra, the genitive form of тӯндар (tūndar, “treeless plain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʌndɹə/

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Noun

tundra (plural tundras)

1. A flat and treeless arctic biome.

Translations

flat treeless arctic region

• Arabic: تندرا f (túndraa)
• Armenian: տունդրա (tundra)
• Bulgarian: тундра f (túndra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凍原, 冻原 (zh) (dòngyuán), (permafrost) 凍土層 (zh), 冻土层 (dòngtǔcéng)

• Czech: tundra (cs) f
• Danish: tundra c
• Dutch: toendra (nl)
• Esperanto: tundro
• Estonian: tundra (et)
• Faroese: tundra f, frostmýra f
• Finnish: tundra (fi)
• French: toundra (fr) f
• Galician: tundra f
• German: Tundra (de) f
• Hebrew: טוּנְדְרָה (he) f

• Hindi: टुंड्रा (ṭuṇḍrā), तुन्द्रा (tundrā)
• Hungarian: tundra (hu)
• Icelandic: freðmýri (is) f, túndra f
• Interlingua: tundra
• Italian: tundra (it) f
• Japanese: ツンドラ (tsundora), 凍原 (とうげん, tōgen)
• Korean: 툰드라 (ko) (tundeura)
• Ossetian: тундрæ (tundræ)
• Persian: توندرا (tundra)
• Polish: tundra (pl) f
• Portuguese: tundra (pt) f
• Russian: тундра (ru) f (túndra)
• Spanish: tundra (es) f
• Turkish: tundra (tr)
• Ukrainian: тундра f (túndra)
• Volapük: muskän
• Welsh: twndra m

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Czech

Noun

tundra f

1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

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Faroese

Etymology

From Kildin Sami tū̄ndra, the genitive form of тӯндар (tūndar, “treeless plain”).

Noun

tundra f (genitive singular tundru, uncountable)

1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

Declension

f1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tundra	tundran	tundrur	tundrurnar
Accusative	tundru	tundruna	tundrur	tundrurnar
Dative	tundru	tundruni	tundrum	tundrunum
Genitive	tundru	tundrunnar	tundra	tundranna

Synonyms

• frostmýra

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Finnish

Noun

tundra

1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

Declension

Declension of tundra (Kotus type 10/koira)

	singular	plural
nominative	tundra	tundrat
genitive	tundran	tundrien tundrainrare
partitive	tundraa	tundria
accusative	tundran	tundrat
inessive	tundrassa	tundrissa
elative	tundrasta	tundrista
illative	tundraan	tundriin
adessive	tundralla	tundrilla
ablative	tundralta	tundrilta
allative	tundralle	tundrille
essive	tundrana	tundrina
translative	tundraksi	tundriksi
instructive	—	tundrin
abessive	tundratta	tundritta
comitative	—	tundrineen

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Galician

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

1. tundra

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Italian

Noun

tundra f (plural tundre)

1. tundra

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Noun

tundra f

1. tundra

Declension

    declension of tundra

	singular	plural
nominative	tundra	tundry
genitive	tundry	tundr
dative	tundrze	tundrom
accusative	tundrę	tundry
instrumental	tundrą	tundrami
locative	tundrze	tundrach
vocative	tundro	tundry

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Russian ту́ндра (túndra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tûːndra/
• Hyphenation: tun‧dra

Noun

tȗndra f (Cyrillic spelling ту̑ндра)

1. tundra

Declension

    declension of tundra

	singular	plural
nominative	tȗndra	tundre
genitive	tundre	tȗndrā/tȗndrī
dative	tundri	tundrama
accusative	tundru	tundre
vocative	tundro	tundre
locative	tundri	tundrama
instrumental	tundrom	tundrama

References

• “tundra” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

1. tundra

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Swedish

Noun

tundra c

1. a tundra

Declension

Declension of tundra

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tundra	tundran	tundror	tundrorna
genitive	tundras	tundrans	tundrors	tundrornas

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): tundɾa

Noun

tundra (definite accusative tundrayı, plural tundralar)

1. tundra

Declension

declension of tundra

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	tundra	tundralar
definite accusative (belirtme)	tundrayı	tundraları
dative (yönelme)	tundraya	tundralara
locative (bulunma)	tundrada	tundralarda
ablative (çıkma)	tundradan	tundralardan
genitive (tamlayan)	tundranın	tundraların

possessive forms of tundra

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	tundram	tundralarım
definite accusative (belirtme)	tundramı	tundralarımı
dative (yönelme)	tundrama	tundralarıma
locative (bulunma)	tundramda	tundralarımda
ablative (çıkma)	tundramdan	tundralarımdan
genitive (tamlayan)	tundramın	tundralarımın
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	tundran	tundraların
definite accusative (belirtme)	tundranı	tundralarını
dative (yönelme)	tundrana	tundralarına
locative (bulunma)	tundranda	tundralarında
ablative (çıkma)	tundrandan	tundralarından
genitive (tamlayan)	tundranın	tundralarının
onun (his/her/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	tundrası	tundraları
definite accusative (belirtme)	tundrasını	tundralarını
dative (yönelme)	tundrasına	tundralarına
locative (bulunma)	tundrasında	tundralarında
ablative (çıkma)	tundrasından	tundralarından
genitive (tamlayan)	tundrasının	tundralarının
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	tundramız	tundralarımız
definite accusative (belirtme)	tundramızı	tundralarımızı
dative (yönelme)	tundramıza	tundralarımıza
locative (bulunma)	tundramızda	tundralarımızda
ablative (çıkma)	tundramızdan	tundralarımızdan
genitive (tamlayan)	tundramızın	tundralarımızın
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	tundranız	tundralarınız
definite accusative (belirtme)	tundranızı	tundralarınızı
dative (yönelme)	tundranıza	tundralarınıza
locative (bulunma)	tundranızda	tundralarınızda
ablative (çıkma)	tundranızdan	tundralarınızdan
genitive (tamlayan)	tundranızın	tundralarınızın
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	tundraları	tundraları
definite accusative (belirtme)	tundralarını	tundralarını
dative (yönelme)	tundralarına	tundralarına
locative (bulunma)	tundralarında	tundralarında
ablative (çıkma)	tundralarından	tundralarından
genitive (tamlayan)	tundralarının	tundralarının

predicative forms of tundra

simple present	singular	plural
ben (I am)	tundrayım	tundralarım*
sen (you are)	tundrasın	tundralarsın*
o (he/she/it is)	tundra / tundradır	tundralar* / tundralardır*
biz (we are)	tundrayız	tundralarız
siz (you are)	tundrasınız	tundralarsınız
onlar (they are)	tundralar	tundralardır
simple past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	tundraydım	tundralardım*
sen (you were)	tundraydın	tundralardın*
o (he/she/it was)	tundraydı	tundralardı*
biz (we were)	tundraydık	tundralardık
siz (you were)	tundraydınız	tundralardınız
onlar (they were)	tundraydılar	tundralardı
indirect / unwitnessed past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	tundraymışım	tundralarmışım*
sen (you were)	tundraymışsın	tundralarmışsın*
o (he/she/it was)	tundraymış	tundralarmış*
biz (we were)	tundraymışız	tundralarmışız
siz (you were)	tundraymışsınız	tundralarmışsınız
onlar (they were)	tundraymışlar	tundralarmış
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations. Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.