"amphibious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: [æmˈfɪbi.əs] Audio: en-us-amphibious.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios). From ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἀμφίβιος}} Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), {{m|grc|ἀμφί}} ἀμφί (amphí), {{m|grc|βίος||life}} βίος (bíos, “life”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} amphibious (not comparable)
  1. Capable of functioning on land or in water. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: amphibian#Adjective Translations (capable of functioning on land or in water): ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios) (Ancient Greek), anfibiu (Asturian), amfibi (Catalan), 兩棲 (Chinese Mandarin), 两栖 (liǎngqī) (Chinese Mandarin), obojživelný (Czech), amfibisch (Dutch), amfibia (Esperanto), amfibinen (Finnish), amphibie (French), amphibisch (German), αμφίβιος (amfívios) (Greek), amfaibiach (Irish), débheathach (Irish), loscánta (Irish), anfibio (Italian), amphibius (Latin), водозе́мен (vodozémen) (Macedonian), dualam (Malay), amfibia (Malay), amfibijny (Polish), anfíbio (Portuguese), земново́дный (zemnovódnyj) (Russian), muir-thìreach (Scottish Gaelic), dà-bheathach (Scottish Gaelic), dà-bhitheach (Scottish Gaelic), anfibio (Spanish), amfibisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-amphibious-en-adj-NLi91R1p Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'capable of functioning on land or in water': 93 7
  2. Occurring on both land and water. Tags: not-comparable Translations (occurring on both land and water): anfibiu (Asturian), amfibi (Catalan), amfibio- (Finnish), amfaibiach (Irish), водозе́мен (vodozémen) (Macedonian), amfibijny (Polish), anfíbio (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-amphibious-en-adj-LbYCRphV Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'occurring on both land and water': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: amphibious car, amphibiously, amphibiousness, amtrac, nonamphibious, omniphibious, triphibious Related terms: amphibian [noun]

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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "dà-bhitheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "anfibio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amfibisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "occurring on both land and water",
      "word": "anfibiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "occurring on both land and water",
      "word": "amfibi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "occurring on both land and water",
      "word": "amfibio-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "occurring on both land and water",
      "word": "amfaibiach"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vodozémen",
      "sense": "occurring on both land and water",
      "word": "водозе́мен"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "occurring on both land and water",
      "word": "amfibijny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "occurring on both land and water",
      "word": "anfíbio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amphibious"
}

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