aligátor

First attested in the 19th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈalɪɡaːtor]

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aligátor m anim

1. alligator

• “aligátor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• “aligátor”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz

• alligátor (before 1984; currently nonstandard)^[1]

From German Alligator.^[1] With -átor ending.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒliɡaːtor]

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• Hyphenation: ali‧gá‧tor
• Rhymes: -or

aligátor (plural aligátorok)

1. alligator

• alligátor in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• aligátor in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• aligator

Borrowed from English alligator, from Spanish el lagarto (literally “the lizard”).

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧gá‧tor

aligátor m (plural aligátores)

1. alligator (crocodilian in the genus Alligator)

• “aligátor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aligátor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• (dated, now proscribed) aligator
• aliguéitor

Likely borrowed from French alligator, from English alligator, which in turn came from Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”).^[1] The shift to penultimate stress is likely borrowed from the English pronunciation of the term, which displaced the original pronunciation of aligator.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /aliˈɡatoɾ/ [a.liˈɣ̞a.t̪oɾ]

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• Rhymes: -atoɾ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧gá‧tor

aligátor m (plural aligátores or aligátors)

1. alligator (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator)

   Synonyms: caimán, yacaré

Although the term is standard, the Royal Spanish Academy recommends the use of caimán instead, due to its longer and more widespread usage in Spanish.^[2]