amphibious

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios). From ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [æmˈfɪbi.əs]
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Adjective

amphibious

Capable of functioning on land or in water.
Occurring on both land and water.
an amphibious attack

Related terms

amphibian

Translations

capable of functioning on land or in water

Catalan: amfibi (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 兩棲 (zh), 两栖 (zh) (liǎngqī)
Czech: obojživelný (cs)
Esperanto: amfibia (eo)
Finnish: amfibinen (fi)
French: amphibie (fr)
German: amphibisch (de)
Greek: αμφίβιος (el) m (amfívios)

Interlingue: amfibic
Irish: amfaibiach, débheathach, loscánta
Italian: anfibio (it)
Latin: amphibius
Macedonian: водозе́мен (vodozémen)
Malay: dualam, amfibia
Portuguese: anfíbio (pt)
Russian: земново́дный (ru) (zemnovódnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: muir-thìreach m, dà-bheathach, dà-bhitheach
Spanish: anfibio (es)

occurring on both land and water

Catalan: amfibi (ca)
Finnish: amfibio-
Irish: amfaibiach

Macedonian: водозе́мен (vodozémen)
Portuguese: anfíbio (pt)

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: amfibisch (nl)
French: amphibie (fr) m or f
German: amphibisch (de)
Italian: anfibio (it) m, anfibia (it) f

Japanese: 水陸両用
Korean: 수륙 양용
Serbo-Croatian: amfibijski (sh)

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