salamandra

See also: Salamandra, salamandră, and salamandrą

Catalan

Alternative forms

• salamàndria

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.ləˈman.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sa.laˈman.dɾa]

Noun

salamandra f (plural salamandres)

1. salamander

Derived terms

• estufa salamandra
• salamandra lusitànica
• salamandra tigrada
• salamandrí

 

Further reading

• “salamandra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [salaˈmandra]
• Rhymes: -andra
• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧man‧dra

Adjective

salamandra (accusative singular salamandran, plural salamandraj, accusative plural salamandrajn)

1. related or pertaining to salamanders; salamandroid
2. (attributive) salamander

Related terms

• salamandro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.laˈman.dra/
• Rhymes: -andra
• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧màn‧dra

Noun

salamandra f (plural salamandre)

1. salamander (all senses)

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.laˈman.dra/, [s̠äɫ̪äˈmän̪d̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.laˈman.dra/, [säläˈmän̪d̪rä]

Noun

salamandra f (genitive salamandrae); first declension

1. salamander

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	salamandra	salamandrae
genitive	salamandrae	salamandrārum
dative	salamandrae	salamandrīs
accusative	salamandram	salamandrās
ablative	salamandrā	salamandrīs
vocative	salamandra	salamandrae

References

• “salamandra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salamandra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• salamandra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

salamandra f (4th declension)

1. salamander

Declension

Declension of salamandra (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	salamandra	salamandras
accusative (akuzatīvs)	salamandru	salamandras
genitive (ģenitīvs)	salamandras	salamandru
dative (datīvs)	salamandrai	salamandrām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	salamandru	salamandrām
locative (lokatīvs)	salamandrā	salamandrās
vocative (vokatīvs)	salamandra	salamandras

Lithuanian

Salamandra ant uolos - Salamander on a rock

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɐlɐˈmaːndɾɐ]

Noun

salamándra f (plural salamándros) stress pattern 1

1. salamander

Declension

Declension of salamándra

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	salamándra	salamándros
genitive (kilmininkas)	salamándros	salamándrų
dative (naudininkas)	salamándrai	salamándroms
accusative (galininkas)	salamándrą	salamándras
instrumental (įnagininkas)	salamándra	salamándromis
locative (vietininkas)	salamándroje	salamándrose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	salamándra	salamándros

See also

• amfibija
• rupūžė
• varlė
• varliagyvis

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

salamandra f (plural salamandras)

1. fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)

   Synonyms: alabrena, blanda, salimanda, talabrena

Polish

salamandra

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin salamandra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.laˈman.dra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -andra
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧man‧dra

Noun

salamandra f

1. salamander (amphibian)
2. salamander (mythical creature)

Declension

Declension of salamandra

	singular	plural
nominative	salamandra	salamandry
genitive	salamandry	salamander
dative	salamandrze	salamandrom
accusative	salamandrę	salamandry
instrumental	salamandrą	salamandrami
locative	salamandrze	salamandrach
vocative	salamandro	salamandry

Derived terms

adjectives

• salamandrowaty

 

Further reading

• salamandra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• salamandra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin salamandra (“salamander”), from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.laˈmɐ̃.dɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.laˈmɐ̃.dɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.laˈmɐ̃.dɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.lɐˈmɐ̃.dɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɾɐ
• Hyphenation: sa‧la‧man‧dra

Noun

salamandra f (plural salamandras)

1. salamander (amphibian)

Hypernyms

• anfíbio, caudado, urodelo

Coordinate terms

• cecília, cobra-cega, rã, sapo, tritão

Derived terms

Derived terms

• salamandra-de-fogo
• salamandra-europeia
• salamandra-gigante
• salamandra-gigante-da-china
• salamandra-lusitânica

Related terms

• salamandrídeo
• salamandrina

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα (salamándra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /salaˈmandɾa/ [sa.laˈmãn̪.d̪ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -andɾa
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧man‧dra

Noun

salamandra f (plural salamandras)

1. salamander (a type of amphibian)
2. (alchemy, folklore) salamander

Hypernyms

• (mythological): elemental

Derived terms

• salamandra portuguesa

 

Related terms

• salamandrino

 

Further reading

• “salamandra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28