atoll

From Malayalam അതൊലു (atolu, “reef”) and Dhivehi އަތޮޅު‎ (atoḷu), from Persian آب‌تل‎ (āb-tal, “water-hillock”)

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈætɒl/, /əˈtɒl/

• Rhymes: -ɒl

atoll (plural atolls)

1. a type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls

• atoll on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• all to, allot

• IPA^(key): /a.tɔl/

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atoll m (plural atolls)

1. atoll

• “atoll” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Dhivehi އަތޮޅު‎ (atoḷu), via English atoll

atoll m (definite singular atollen, indefinite plural atoller, definite plural atollene)

1. an atoll

• “atoll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Dhivehi އަތޮޅު‎ (atoḷu) and Maldivian atolu, via English atoll

atoll m (definite singular atollen, indefinite plural atollar, definite plural atollane)

1. an atoll

• “atoll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

atoll c

1. atoll