archipel

== Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈarxɪpɛl] === Noun === archipel m inan archipelago Synonym: souostroví ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “archipel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “archipel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French archipel, from Italian Arcipelago (“the Chief Sea, the Aegean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “leading”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”). The Aegean (the Arcipelago) is a sea with many islands; by extension, the term an Arcipelago at first referred to any sea with many islands, then to the islands themselves. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɑrxiˈpɛl/, /ˈɑr.xiˌpɛl/, /ˌɑr.ʃiˈpɛl/, /ˈɑr.ʃiˌpɛl/ Hyphenation: ar‧chi‧pel Rhymes: -ɛl === Noun === archipel m (plural archipels, diminutive archipelletje n) archipelago ==== Synonyms ==== eilandengroep ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: argipel == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʁ.ʃi.pɛl/ === Noun === archipel m (plural archipels) archipelago === Further reading === “archipel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012