different between prairie vs tundra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French prairie.

Pronunciation

• (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?p????i/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): [?p???i]
• Rhymes: -???i

Noun

prairie (plural prairies)

1. An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Prairial
• prairillon

Translations

Coordinate terms

• pampa
• savanna
• steppe

Further reading

• prairie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English prairie, from French prairie, from Middle French [Term?], from Old French praerie, from Latin pratum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pr??.ri/, /?pr?.ri/
• Hyphenation: prai?rie

Noun

prairie f (plural prairies)

1. prairie [from ca. 1830s]
   • 1831, James Fenimore Cooper, De prairie, of Grazige woestijn van Noord-Amerika, vol. 1, tr. from English, A. & J. Honkoop (publ.), page 339.

Derived terms

• prairiegras
• prairiehond
• prairie-indiaan
• prairiepaard
• prairiewolf

Related terms

• prairial
• prieel

French

Etymology

From Old French praerie, from Latin pratum (“meadow”) + -aria, -arium. See also pré and -erie. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.?i/

Noun

prairie f (plural prairies)

1. meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie

Derived terms

• chien de prairie

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• périrai, prierai, riperai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?nd??/

Noun

tundra (countable and uncountable, plural tundras)

1. A flat and treeless Arctic biome.

Translations

Anagrams

• Durant, durant, truand

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tundra]
• Hyphenation: tun?d?ra

Noun

tundra f

1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

Declension

Further reading

• tundra in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• tundra in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Noun

tundra f (genitive singular tundru, uncountable)

1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

   Synonym: frostmýra

Declension

Finnish

Noun

tundra

1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

Declension

Galician

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

1. tundra

Irish

Etymology

From Russian, from Kildin Sami.

Noun

tundra m (genitive singular tundra, nominative plural tundraí)

1. tundra

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "tundra" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “tundra” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “tundra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tun.dra/
• Hyphenation: tùn?dra

Noun

tundra f (plural tundre)

1. tundra

Latvian

Noun

tundra f (4th declension)

1. tundra

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Noun

tundra m (definite singular tundraen, indefinite plural tundraer, definite plural tundraene)

1. tundra

References

• “tundra” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Noun

tundra m (definite singular tundraen, indefinite plural tundraer or trundraar, definite plural tundraene or tundraane)

1. tundra

References

• “tundra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tun.dra/

Noun

tundra f

1. tundra

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French toundra, from Russian ??????? (túndra).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?t?.d??/
• Hyphenation: tun?dra

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

1. (geography) tundra (flat, treeless region around the Arctic)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Russian ??????? (túndra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tû?ndra/
• Hyphenation: tun?dra

Noun

t?ndra f (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. tundra

Declension

References

• “tundra” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tun?dra

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

1. tundra

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ??????? (túndra), from Kildin Sami ??????? (t?nntre), the accusative/genitive form of ?????? (t?ntar).

Noun

tundra c

1. a tundra

Declension

Anagrams

• rundat, undrat

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tund?a/

Noun

tundra (definite accusative tundray?, plural tundralar)

1. tundra

Declension