"amphibious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: [æmˈfɪbi.əs] Audio: en-us-amphibious.ogg
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios). From ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἀμφίβιος}} Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios) 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 /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), tir a môr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-amphibious-en-adj-NLi91R1p Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'capable of functioning on land or in water': 93 7 1
  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), 水陸両用の (suirikuryōyō no) (alt: すいりくりょうようの) (Japanese), 수륙 양용의 (suryuk yang'yong-ui) (Korean), водозе́мен (vodozémen) (Macedonian), amfibijny (Polish), anfíbio (Portuguese), amffibiaidd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-amphibious-en-adj-LbYCRphV Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'occurring on both land and water': 7 92 1
  3. (sports, humorous) Ambidextrous. Tags: humorous, not-comparable Categories (topical): Sports
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: amphibious assault ship, amphibious car, amphibiously, amphibiousness, amtrac, nonamphibious, omniphibious, semiamphibious, triphibious Related terms: amphibian [noun]
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "amphibious assault ship"
    },
    {
      "word": "amphibious car"
    },
    {
      "word": "amphibiously"
    },
    {
      "word": "amphibiousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "amtrac"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonamphibious"
    },
    {
      "word": "omniphibious"
    },
    {
      "word": "semiamphibious"
    },
    {
      "word": "triphibious"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀμφίβιος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios). From ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "amphibious (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "amphibian"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "an amphibious vehicle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1898, The Outlook, volume 60, page 281:",
          "text": "Most Dutch cities began on a terp or artificial mound to which the prehistoric amphibious folk rushed for refuge when floods rolled in.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Capable of functioning on land or in water."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "amphibian#Adjective"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with collocations",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "an amphibious attack",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 September 30, “Taiwan adds new amphibious warfare ship to defence inventory”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 2022-09-30:",
          "text": "Taiwan’s navy has taken delivery of a new, domestically made amphibious warfare ship that can be used to land troops and bolster supply lines to vulnerable islands, part of a push by Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen to achieve defence self-sufficiency.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Occurring on both land and water."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ambidextrous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "Ambidextrous",
          "ambidextrous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, humorous) Ambidextrous."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[æmˈfɪbi.əs]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-amphibious.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/ba/En-us-amphibious.ogg/En-us-amphibious.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/En-us-amphibious.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "anfibiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amfibi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liǎngqī",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "兩棲 /两栖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "obojživelný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amfibisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amfibia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amfibinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amphibie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amphibisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amfívios",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "αμφίβιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "amphíbios",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "ἀμφίβιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amfaibiach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "débheathach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "loscánta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "anfibio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amphibius"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vodozémen",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "водозе́мен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "dualam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amfibia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "amfibijny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "anfíbio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zemnovódnyj",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "земново́дный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "muir-thìreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "dà-bheathach"
    },
    {
      "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": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "capable of functioning on land or in water",
      "word": "tir a môr"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すいりくりょうようの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suirikuryōyō no",
      "sense": "occurring on both land and water",
      "word": "水陸両用の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "suryuk yang'yong-ui",
      "sense": "occurring on both land and water",
      "word": "수륙 양용의"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "occurring on both land and water",
      "word": "amffibiaidd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amphibious"
}

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