peninsular

English

Etymology

From peninsula +‎ -ar, Latin paenīnsulāris.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/
• (General Australian, yod-coalescence) IPA^(key): /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/
• Homophone: peninsula (non-rhotic accents)

Adjective

peninsular (comparative more peninsular, superlative most peninsular)

1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula.

   The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.

2. Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.

Derived terms

• peninsular Spanish

 

Translations

of or connected with a peninsula

• Catalan: peninsular
• French: péninsulaire (fr)
• Friulian: peninsulâr
• Galician: peninsular
• Greek: χερσονήσου (el) f (chersonísou)
• Ido: peninsulala (io)
• Interlingua: peninsular
• Italian: peninsulare (it)
• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: półwyspowy (pl)
• Portuguese: peninsular (pt)
• Spanish: peninsular
• Volapük: tinisulik

Noun

peninsular (plural peninsulars)

1. One who inhabits a peninsula.
2. Misspelling of peninsula.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsulāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pə.nin.suˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.nin.suˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.nin.suˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Adjective

peninsular m or f (masculine and feminine plural peninsulars)

1. peninsular (relating to a peninsula)

Noun

peninsular m or f by sense (plural peninsulars)

1. peninsular (inhabitant of a peninsula)

Interlingua

Adjective

peninsular (not comparable)

1. peninsular

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsulāris.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.nĩ.suˈlaʁ/ [pe.nĩ.suˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.nĩ.suˈlaʁ/ [pe.nĩ.suˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pe.nĩ.suˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pe.nĩ.suˈlaʁ/ [pe.nĩ.suˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.nĩ.suˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.nĩ.suˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.nĩ.suˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.nĩ.suˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧su‧lar

Adjective

peninsular m or f (plural peninsulares)

1. (geography) peninsular (of or relating to a peninsula)

Related terms

• península

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French péninsulaire. By surface analysis, peninsulă +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peninsuˈlar/

Adjective

peninsular m or n (feminine singular peninsulară, masculine plural peninsulari, feminine and neuter plural peninsulare)

1. peninsular

Declension

Declension of peninsular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	peninsular		peninsulară	peninsulari	peninsulare
	definite	peninsularul		peninsulara	peninsularii	peninsularele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	peninsular		peninsulare	peninsulari	peninsulare
	definite	peninsularului		peninsularei	peninsularilor	peninsularelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, península +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peninsuˈlaɾ/ [pe.nĩn.suˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧nin‧su‧lar

Adjective

peninsular m or f (masculine and feminine plural peninsulares)

1. peninsular

Noun

peninsular m (plural peninsulares)

1. (historical, Latin America, US, Philippines, obsolete) Spaniard born in the Iberian Peninsula who immigrated into the colonies of the Spanish Empire

   Synonyms: español, castellano

   Coordinate terms: criollo, americano, insular, filipino, filipina

Further reading

• “peninsular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014