Seychelles

English

Etymology

After French official and politician Jean Moreau de Séchelles.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seɪˈʃɛlz/, /seɪˈʃɛl/, /ˈseɪʃɛlz/, /ˈseɪʃɛl/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlz, -ɛl

Proper noun

the Seychelles

  2. An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.

Usage notes

Treated as singular or plural. The presence of the definite article also varies, though "the Seychelles" is more common.[1]

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Japanese: セイシェル (Seisheru)

Translations

See also

  • Countries of the world
countries in Africa (appendix)edit

References

  1. ^ Motschenbacher, Heiko (2020), “Greece, the Netherlands and (the) Ukraine: A Corpus-Based Study of Definite Article Use with Country Names”, in A Journal of Onomastics, volume 68, number 1, →DOI, pages 1–16

Further reading

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Seychelles

  1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /se.ʃɛl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (France (Paris)):(file)

Proper noun

Seychelles f pl (plural only)

  1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

After French official and politician Jean Moreau de Séchelles.

Proper noun

Seychelles

  1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Noun

Seychelles (plural Seychelles-Seychelles or para Seychelles)

  1. Seychellois

Adjective

Seychelles (comparative lebih Seychelles, superlative paling Seychelles)

  1. Seychellois

See also

countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Seychelles f pl (plural only)

  1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.lis/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.lis]
 

Proper noun

Seychelles f pl (plural only)

  1. alternative spelling of Seicheles: Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seiˈt͡ʃeles/ [sei̯ˈt͡ʃe.les]
  • Rhymes: -eles
  • Syllabification: Sey‧che‧lles

Proper noun

Seychelles f

  1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Derived terms

Welsh

Proper noun

y Seychelles

  1. the Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Coordinate terms

countries in Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit
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