amfibium

Danish

Etymology

From Latin amphibium (neuter of amphibius), from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιον (amphíbion), neuter of ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) and βίος (bíos, “life”).

Noun

amfibium n (singular definite amfibiet, plural indefinite amfibier)

1. amphibian (vertebrate)

Inflection

Declension of amfibium

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	amfibium	amfibiet	amfibier	amfibierne
genitive	amfibiums	amfibiets	amfibiers	amfibiernes

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

amfibium n (definite singular amfibiet, indefinite plural amfibier, definite plural amfibia or amfibiene)

1. (zoology) an amphibian

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

amfibium n (definite singular amfibiet, indefinite plural amfibium, definite plural amfibia)

1. (zoology) an amphibian

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Amphibie or French amphibien, from Latin amphibius, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios). First attested in 1755.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈfi.bjum/
• Rhymes: -ibjum
• Syllabification: am‧fi‧bium

Noun

amfibium n

1. Obsolete form of amfibia (“amphibian”)

Declension

Declension of amfibium

	singular	plural
nominative	amfibium	amfibia
genitive	amfibium	amfibiów
dative	amfibium	amfibiom
accusative	amfibium	amfibia
instrumental	amfibium	amfibiami
locative	amfibium	amfibiach
vocative	amfibium	amfibia

Further reading

• amfibium in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego