archipel

archipel m

1. archipelago

• souostroví

• archipel in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• archipel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from French archipel, from Italian Arcipelago (“the Chief Sea, the Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). The Aegean (the Arcipelago) is a sea with many islands; by extension, the term an Arcipelago at first referred to any sea with many islands, then to the islands themselves.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑrxiˈpɛl/

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• Hyphenation: ar‧chi‧pel
• Rhymes: -ɛl

archipel m (plural archipels, diminutive archipelletje n)

1. archipelago

• eilandengroep

• Afrikaans: argipel

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃi.pɛl/
• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃi.pɛl/

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archipel m (plural archipels)

1. archipelago

• “archipel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).