amazon
See also: Amazon
English
Etymology
From Amazon, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæm.ə.zən/
- (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæm.əˌzɑn/, [ˈɛəm.əˌzɑn]
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- (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /ˈæm.əˌzɒn/, [ˈɛəm.əˌzɒn]
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈæm.ə.zɔn/, /-ɒn/
- (Indic) IPA(key): /əmezɔn/
Noun
amazon (plural amazons)
- A tall, strong, athletic woman.
- Although the evidence for real Amazons is thin, women athletes are often dubbed amazons.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the queen and the knight.
- 2010 August 21, G. P. Jelliss, “Simple Chess Variants”, in Mayhematics[1], page 8:
- In Triple-guard promotion chess (GPJ) a pawn newly triple-guarded by pieces other than pawns promotes to the combined value of the guarding pieces. Thus after b3 in the opening position a3 promotes to amazon, R+B+N, from triple guard by Ra1, Nb1, Bc1.
- 2018 October 12, aabicus, “My 7 Favorite Fairy Chess Pieces”, in The Daily SPUF[2]:
- The amazon is simply a queen-knight hybrid, capable of moving as either piece.
- An amazon parrot.
- A position for vaginal sex in which the insertive partner lies on their back with their knees pulled back, and the receptive partner, facing the other person, squats onto the penis.
- Antonym: mating press
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
tall, strong, athletic woman
fairy chess piece
parrot — see amazon parrot
Further reading
- “amazon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Amazon (chess) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- S. Emmerson, A Glossary of Fairy Chess Definitions
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒmɒzon]
- Hyphenation: ama‧zon
- Rhymes: -on
Etymology 1
Pronoun
amazon
- superessive singular of amaz
Determiner
amazon
- superessive singular of amaz
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn).[1]
Noun
amazon (plural amazonok)
- (Greek mythology) Amazon (a member of a mythical race of female warriors)
- amazon (a tall, strong, athletic woman)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amazon | amazonok |
| accusative | amazont | amazonokat |
| dative | amazonnak | amazonoknak |
| instrumental | amazonnal | amazonokkal |
| causal-final | amazonért | amazonokért |
| translative | amazonná | amazonokká |
| terminative | amazonig | amazonokig |
| essive-formal | amazonként | amazonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | amazonban | amazonokban |
| superessive | amazonon | amazonokon |
| adessive | amazonnál | amazonoknál |
| illative | amazonba | amazonokba |
| sublative | amazonra | amazonokra |
| allative | amazonhoz | amazonokhoz |
| elative | amazonból | amazonokból |
| delative | amazonról | amazonokról |
| ablative | amazontól | amazonoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
amazoné | amazonoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
amazonéi | amazonokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | amazonom | amazonjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | amazonod | amazonjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | amazonja | amazonjai |
| 1st person plural | amazonunk | amazonjaink |
| 2nd person plural | amazonotok | amazonjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | amazonjuk | amazonjaik |
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- amazon 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.
- amazon 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).