dinosaurus

dinosaurus (plural dinosauri or dinosauruses)

1. Alternative form of dinosaur

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɪnosau̯rus]
• Hyphenation: di‧no‧sau‧rus

dinosaurus m anim

1. dinosaur

• dinosauří

• dinosaurus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• dinosaurus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

dinosaurus c (singular definite dinosauren, plural indefinite dinosaurer)

1. dinosaur

Borrowed from New Latin dinosaurus, from English dinosaur.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.noːˈsɑu̯.rʏs/

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• Hyphenation: di‧no‧sau‧rus
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯rʏs

dinosaurus m (plural dinosaurussen, diminutive dinosaurusje n)

1. dinosaur, archosaur of the super-order Dinosauria [from late 19th c.]
   • 1885 June 27, "Nieuwstijdingen", Venloosch Weekblad, Vol. 23, No. 26, page 1.

     Dit dijbeen is daarom merkwaardig, omdat 't het bestaan eener derde soort „Dinosaurus” in de formatie bij Maastricht doet vermoeden.

     This femur is therefore remarkable, because it gives cause to suspect the existence of a third species of dinosaur in the formation near Maastricht.

   • 1899 February 21, "Het grootste dier der wereld", Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, vol. 21, no. 6422, part 2, page 1.

     Nabij Wyoming in de Vereenigde Staten heeft men het grootste voorwereldlijke dier ontdekt, dat bekend is, namelijk den brontosaurus, een kruipend dier, behoorende tot de orde der dinosaurussen.

     Near Wyoming^[sic] in the United States the largest prehistoric animal that is known has been discovered, that is the brontosaur, a reptile, belonging to the order of the dinosaurs.

• dino (informal)
• dinosauriër (formal)

• dinosaurusbot
• dinosaurusfossiel
• dinosaurusveer

New Latin dinosaurus.

dinosaurus (genitive dinosauruse, partitive dinosaurust)

1. dinosaur (prehistoric reptile)
2. (figuratively, colloquial) dinosaur (old-fashioned person or thing)

From New Latin dīnosaurus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdinosɑu̯rus/, [ˈdino̞ˌs̠ɑu̯rus̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑurus
• Syllabification^(key): di‧no‧sau‧rus

dinosaurus

1. dinosaur
2. (figuratively, colloquial) dinosaur (old-fashioned person or thing)

• hirmulisko

Borrowed from New Latin dinosaurus.

dinosaurus (first-person possessive dinosaurusku, second-person possessive dinosaurusmu, third-person possessive dinosaurusnya)

1. dinosaur

Modern coinage from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard, reptile”) + -us.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diː.noˈsau̯.rus/, [d̪iːnɔˈs̠äu̯rʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.noˈsau̯.rus/, [d̪inoˈs̬äːu̯rus]

dīnosaurus m (genitive dīnosaurī); second declension (New Latin)

1. (sciences) any of the animals belonging to the clade Dinosauria, especially those that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct. [from c. 1840]
2. (colloquial) any member of the clade Dinosauria other than birds.

Second-declension noun.

dinosaurus m (definite singular dinosaurusen, indefinite plural dinosaurer, definite plural dinosaurene)

1. alternative form of dinosaur

dinosaurus m (definite singular dinosaurusen, indefinite plural dinosaurar, definite plural dinosaurane)

1. alternative form of dinosaur

• dinosàur

• IPA^(key): /dinosǎurus/
• Hyphenation: di‧no‧sa‧u‧rus

dinosàurus m (Cyrillic spelling диноса̀урус)

1. dinosaur

dinosaurus m

1. dinosaur

• dinosaurus in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

dinosaurus

1. Predicative Plural of dinosaur