Translingual

Anguilla anguilla, the European eel

Etymology

From Latin anguilla ‎(“eel”)

Proper noun

Anguilla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Anguillidae – a type of eel.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Vertebrata - subphylum, Gnathostomata - infraphylum, Osteichthyes - superclass, Actinopterygii - class, Neopterygii - subclass, Teleostei - infraclass, Elopomorpha - superorder, Anguilliformes - order, Anguilloidei - suborder, Anguillidae - family

English

Proper noun

Anguilla

1. A British overseas territory in the Caribbean.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Anguilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Proper noun

Anguilla ?

1. Anguilla

Anagrams

• allungai

Norman

Proper noun

Anguilla

1. (Jersey) Anguilla

Portuguese

Proper noun

Anguilla f

1. Alternative form of Anguila

Italian

Noun

anguilla f ‎(plural anguille)

1. eel

Anagrams

• allungai

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ- ‎(“water-worm, eel”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔγχελυς ‎(énkhelus, “eel”), Old High German angar ‎(“mealworm, larva, grub”) (Modern German Engerling), Proto-Slavic *ǫgorjь, Lithuanian ungurỹs.

Influenced by anguis ‎(“snake”), in the same way Ancient Greek ἔγχελῡς ‎(énkhelūs, “eel”) was influenced by ἔχις ‎(ékhis, “snake”), but unfortunately no Proto-Indo-European form can be reconstructed due to similar changes in other daughter languages, commonly attributed to a taboo. Cognate with Old Prussian angurgis and Albanian ngjalë. Compare Finnish borrowing ankerias.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈɡʷil.la/, [aŋˈɡᶣɪl.la]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈɡwil.la/, [aŋˈɡwil.la]

Noun

anguilla f ‎(genitive anguillae); first declension

1. eel
2. vocative singular of anguilla

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈɡʷil.laː/, [aŋˈɡᶣɪl.laː]

Noun

anguillā

1. ablative singular of anguilla

References

• anguilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anguilla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ANGUILLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “anguilla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• anguilla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• anguilla in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin