different between amazon vs candiru

English

Etymology

From Amazon, from Middle English [Term?], from Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek ?????? (Amaz?n).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ.m?.z?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.m??z?.?n/

Noun

amazon (plural amazons)

1. A tall, strong, athletic woman.

Related terms

• Amazonian
• amazonian

Translations

Further reading

• “amazon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??m?zon]
• Hyphenation: ama?zon
• Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

amaz +? -on

Pronoun

amazon

1. superessive singular of amaz

Determiner

amazon

1. superessive singular of amaz

Coordinate terms

• azon
• ezen, emezen

Etymology 2

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Amaz?n).

Noun

amazon (plural amazonok)

1. (Greek mythology) Amazon (a member of a mythical race of female warriors)
2. amazon (a tall, strong, athletic woman)

Declension

References

Further reading

• amazon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• amazon in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)

English

Alternative forms

• candirú

Etymology

From Old Tupi, via Portuguese or Spanish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kænd???u?/

Noun

candiru (plural candirus)

1. A small parasitic fish, Vandellia cirrhosa, native to the Amazon river rumored to swim up male urethras.

Synonyms

• canero, cañero
• toothpick fish
• vampire fish

Anagrams

• Crindau, iracund

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• candirú

Etymology

From Old Tupi.

Noun

candiru m (plural candirus)

1. candiru (a small parasitic fish, Vandellia cirrhosa, native to the Amazon river)