Islande

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Ísland, from Old Norse íss (ice) + land (land, country).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.slɑ̃d/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Islande f

  1. Iceland (a country in Europe)

Descendants

  • Greek: Ισλανδία f (Islandía)

See also

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

Īslande

  1. vocative singular of Īslandus

Latvian

Islande (Eiropā)
Islandes karogs

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Ísland (Iceland), probably via other European languages. The more recent spelling (Īslande, with a long ī) apparently reflects the original Icelandic pronunciation better.

Pronunciation

(file)

Proper noun

Islande f (5th declension)

  1. Iceland (a country in Europe)
    Islandes karogsthe flag of Iceland
    Nīderlandes karalienethe queen of the Netherlands
    Islande jeb Īslande ir salu valsts Atlantijas okeāna ziemeļos starp Grenlandi, Norvēģiju un Britu salāmIceland (Islande or Īslande) is an island country in the north of the Atlantic Ocean between Greenland, Norway and the British Isles

Usage notes

The forms with a long ī (Īslande and derived terms, like īslandietis, īslandisks, etc.) have been recently (in 2007) proposed as correct, but the forms with a short i (Islande, islandietis, islandisks, etc.) are still more frequently used.

Declension

Norman

Alternative forms

  • Islaunde (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old Norse Ísland, from íss (ice) + land (land, country).

Proper noun

Islande f

  1. (Jersey) Iceland (a country in Europe)

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈislanɟe]

Noun

Islande

  1. locative singular of Island
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