aligator

aligator m (plural aligatores)

1. alligator

   Synonym: jacaré

Borrowed from Dutch alligator, from English alligator, from Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”), from Latin lacertus (“lizard”)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aliˈɡator/ [a.liˈɡa.t̪ɔr]
• Rhymes: -ator
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ga‧tor

aligator (plural aligator-aligator)

1. alligator, large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator

• “aligator”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from English alligator,^[1] from Spanish el lagarto,^[2][3] from Latin lacertus. First attested in 1816.^[4]

• IPA^(key): /a.liˈɡa.tɔr/

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• Rhymes: -atɔr
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ga‧tor

aligator m animal

1. alligator (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator)

   w paszczy aligatora ― in an alligator's maw/jaw/mouth

   skóra aligatora ― an alligator's skin/leather

   głowa aligatora ― an alligator's head

2. (colloquial) alligator leather

• krokodyl

• aligator in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aligator in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “aligator”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “aligator”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24

aligator m (plural aligatores)

1. alternative form of aligátor

• “aligator”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French alligator.

• IPA^(key): [aliɡaˈtor]

aligator m (plural aligatori)

1. alligator

• crocodil

• IPA^(key): /alǐɡaːtor/
• Hyphenation: a‧li‧ga‧tor

alìgātor m anim (Cyrillic spelling алѝга̄тор)

1. alligator

• krokòdil

• IPA^(key): /aliɡáːtɔr/

aligȃtor m anim

1. alligator

• “aligator”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

• IPA^(key): /aliɡaˈtoɾ/ [a.li.ɣ̞aˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧ga‧tor

aligator m (plural aligatores or aligators)

1. (dated, now proscribed)^[1] alternative form of aligátor (“alligator”)