tundra

See also: Tundra

English
WOTD – 24 December 2006

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ту́ндра (túndra), from Kildin Sami тӯннтрэ (tūnntre), the accusative/genitive form of тӯнтар (tūntar).

Pronunciation
A tundra.
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʌndɹə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)

Noun

tundra (countable and uncountable, plural tundras)

  1. A flat and treeless Arctic biome.

Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

tundra f

  1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

Declension
Declension
singular plural
nominative tundra tundry
genitive tundry tunder
dative tundře tundrám
accusative tundru tundry
vocative tundro tundry
locative tundře tundrách
instrumental tundrou tundrami

Faroese

Etymology

From Russian ту́ндра (túndra), from Kildin Sami тӯннтрэ (tūnntre), the accusative/genitive form of тӯнтар (tūntar).

Noun

tundra f (genitive singular tundru, uncountable)

  1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)
    Synonym: frostmýra

Declension
Declension of tundra
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tundra tundran tundrur tundrurnar
accusative tundru tundruna tundrur tundrurnar
dative tundru tundruni tundrum tundrunum
genitive tundru tundrunnar tundra tundranna

Finnish

Noun

tundra

  1. tundra (flat and treeless arctic biome)

Declension
Inflection of tundra (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative tundra tundrat
genitive tundran tundrien
partitive tundraa tundria
illative tundraan tundriin
singular plural
nominative tundra tundrat
accusative nom. tundra tundrat
gen. tundran
genitive tundran tundrien
tundrainrare
partitive tundraa tundria
inessive tundrassa tundrissa
elative tundrasta tundrista
illative tundraan tundriin
adessive tundralla tundrilla
ablative tundralta tundrilta
allative tundralle tundrille
essive tundrana tundrina
translative tundraksi tundriksi
instructive — tundrin
abessive tundratta tundritta
comitative — tundrineen

Galician

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

  1. tundra

Irish

Etymology

From Russian, from Kildin Sami.

Noun

tundra m (genitive singular tundra, nominative plural tundraí)

  1. tundra

Declension
Declension of tundra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tundra tundraí
Vocative a thundra a thundraí
Genitive tundra tundraí
Dative tundra tundraí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tundra na tundraí
Genitive an tundra na dtundraí
Dative leis an tundra

don tundra

 leis na tundraí

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tundra thundra dtundra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Russian ту́ндра (túndra), from Kildin Sami тӯннтрэ (tūnntre), the accusative/genitive form of тӯнтар (tūntar).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtun.dra/, [ˈt̪un̪d̪r̺ä]
  • Hyphenation: tùn‧dra

Noun

tundra f (plural tundre)

  1. tundra

Latvian

Noun

tundra f (4th declension)

  1. tundra

Declension
Declension of tundra (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) tundra tundras
accusative (akuzatīvs) tundru tundras
genitive (ģenitīvs) tundras tundru
dative (datīvs) tundrai tundrām
instrumental (instrumentālis) tundru tundrām
locative (lokatīvs) tundrā tundrās
vocative (vokatīvs) tundra tundras

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Russian ту́ндра (túndra), from Kildin Sami тӯннтрэ (tūnntre), the accusative/genitive form of тӯнтар (tūntar).

Noun

tundra m (definite singular tundraen, indefinite plural tundraer, definite plural tundraene)

  1. tundra

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Russian ту́ндра (túndra), from Kildin Sami тӯннтрэ (tūnntre), the accusative/genitive form of тӯнтар (tūntar).

Noun

tundra m (definite singular tundraen, indefinite plural tundraer or trundraar, definite plural tundraene or tundraane)

  1. tundra

References

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtun.dra/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

tundra f

  1. tundra

Declension
declension of tundra
singular plural
nominative tundra tundry
genitive tundry tundr
dative tundrze tundrom
accusative tundrę tundry
instrumental tundrą tundrami
locative tundrze tundrach
vocative tundro tundry

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French toundra, from Russian ту́ндра (túndra).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtũ.dɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: tun‧dra

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

  1. (geography) tundra (flat, treeless region around the Arctic)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Russian ту́ндра (túndra).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tûːndra/
  • Hyphenation: tun‧dra

Noun

tȗndra f (Cyrillic spelling ту̑ндра)

  1. tundra

Declension
Declension of tundra
singular plural
nominative tȗndra tundre
genitive tundre tȗndrā/tȗndrī
dative tundri tundrama
accusative tundru tundre
vocative tundro tundre
locative tundri tundrama
instrumental tundrom tundrama

References
  • “tundra” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: tun‧dra

Noun

tundra f (plural tundras)

  1. tundra

Swedish

Noun

tundra c

  1. a tundra

Declension
Declension of tundra 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tundra tundran tundror tundrorna
Genitive tundras tundrans tundrors tundrornas

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tundɾa/

Noun

tundra (definite accusative tundrayı, plural tundralar)

  1. tundra

Declension
Inflection
Nominative tundra
Definite accusative tundrayı
Singular Plural
Nominative tundra tundralar
Definite accusative tundrayı tundraları
Dative tundraya tundralara
Locative tundrada tundralarda
Ablative tundradan tundralardan
Genitive tundranın tundraların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular tundram tundralarım
2nd singular tundran tundraların
3rd singular tundrası tundraları
1st plural tundramız tundralarımız
2nd plural tundranız tundralarınız
3rd plural tundraları tundraları
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular tundrayım tundralarım
2nd singular tundrasın tundralarsın
3rd singular tundra
tundradır		 tundralar
tundralardır
1st plural tundrayız tundralarız
2nd plural tundrasınız tundralarsınız
3rd plural tundralar tundralardır
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