peninsular

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula +‎ -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/ (General Australian, yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/ Homophone: peninsula (non-rhotic) === Adjective === peninsular (comparative more peninsular, superlative most peninsular) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas. Coordinate term: insular Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial. Near-synonym: insular ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === peninsular (plural peninsulars or peninsulares) One who inhabits a peninsula. (historical) A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony. Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents. For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin paenīnsulāris. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [pə.nin.suˈlar] IPA(key): (Balearic) [pə.nin.suˈla] IPA(key): (Valencia) [pe.nin.suˈlaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [pe.nin.suˈlar] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Adjective === peninsular m or f (masculine and feminine plural peninsulars) peninsular (relating to a peninsula) === Noun === peninsular m or f by sense (plural peninsulars) peninsular (inhabitant of a peninsula) == Interlingua == === Adjective === peninsular (not comparable) peninsular == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin paenīnsulāris. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧su‧lar === Adjective === peninsular m or f (plural peninsulares) (geography) peninsular (of or relating to a peninsula) ==== Related terms ==== península === Further reading === “peninsular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “peninsular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French péninsulaire. By surface analysis, peninsulă +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peninsuˈlar/ === Adjective === peninsular m or n (feminine singular peninsulară, masculine plural peninsulari, feminine/neuter plural peninsulare) peninsular ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, península +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peninsuˈlaɾ/ [pe.nĩn.suˈlaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: pe‧nin‧su‧lar === Adjective === peninsular m or f (masculine and feminine plural peninsulares) peninsular === Noun === peninsular m (plural peninsulares) (historical, Latin America, US, Philippines, obsolete) Spaniard born in the Iberian Peninsula who immigrated into the colonies of the Spanish Empire; peninsular. Synonyms: español, castellano Coordinate terms: criollo, americano, insular, filipino, filipina (Canary Islands) Spaniard from mainland Spain === References === === Further reading === “peninsular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “peninsular”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010