Tanager

See also: tanager

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English tanager. Further from translingual Tanagra, from Portuguese tangara, from Old Tupi tangara.

Noun

Tanager m (strong, genitive Tanagers, plural Tanager)

  1. alternative form of Tangare (“tanager”)

Declension

Declension of Tanager [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tanager die Tanager
genitive eines des Tanagers der Tanager
dative einem dem Tanager den Tanagern
accusative einen den Tanager die Tanager

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tanager m sg (genitive Tanagrī); second declension

  1. A river of Lucania tributary of the Silarus, now the Tanagro

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.

singular
nominative Tanager
genitive Tanagrī
dative Tanagrō
accusative Tanagrum
ablative Tanagrō
vocative Tanager

Descendants

  • Italian: Tanagro

References

  • “Tanager”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “Tanager”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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