atoll

See also: Atoll

English

Satellite picture of the Atafu atoll in Tokelau in the Pacific Ocean

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu), possibly from Prakrit *𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀻𑀞 (*saṃtīṭha), from Sanskrit *संतीर्थ (saṃtīrtha, “level ford”). The traditional etymology from Persian آب‌تل (âb-tal, “water-hillock”) is unlikely.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈætɒl/, /əˈtɒl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈætɔl/, /ˈætɑl/, /ˈætoʊl/, /ˈeɪtɑl/, /ˈeɪtɔl/, /əˈtɑl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

atoll (plural atolls)

1. A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform.

Derived terms

• atoll fruit dove
• microatoll

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: atol
• → Dutch: atol
  • → Indonesian: atol
• → Finnish: atolli
• → French: atoll
  • → Romanian: atol
• → German: Atoll
• → Irish: atall
• → Italian: atollo
• → Lithuanian: atolas
• → Norwegian Bokmål: atoll
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: atoll
• → Polish: atol

Translations

island

• Armenian: ատոլ (hy) (atol)
• Basque: atoloi
• Bengali: আবতল (abotol)
• Bulgarian: атол (bg) (atol)
• Catalan: atol m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 環礁／环礁 (zh) (huánjiāo)

• Czech: atol (cs) m
• Danish: atol (da) c
• Dhivehi: އަތޮޅު (atoḷu)
• Dutch: atol (nl) m or n, koraaleiland (nl) n
• Esperanto: atolo
• Estonian: atoll (et)
• Finnish: atolli (fi)
• French: atoll (fr) m
• German: Atoll (de) n
• Greek: ατόλλη (atólli)
• Ido: atolo (io)
• Indonesian: atol (id)
• Irish: atall m
• Italian: atollo (it) m
• Japanese: 環礁 (ja) (かんしょう, kanshō)
• Latvian: atols m
• Lithuanian: atolas m
• Macedonian: атол m (atol)
• Malay: atol
• Manx: ellan chorralagh f
• Marshallese: aelōn̄
• Norwegian: atoll (no) m
• Persian: آب‌سنگ (fa) (âb-sang)
• Polish: atol (pl) m
• Portuguese: atol (pt) m
• Romanian: atol (ro)
• Russian: ато́лл (ru) m (atóll)
• Slovak: atol
• Slovene: atol (sl) m
• Spanish: atolón (es) m
• Swedish: atoll (sv) c
• Tagalog: karang
• Turkish: atol (tr), mercan adası (tr)
• Ukrainian: атол (uk) m (atol)
• Volapük: korialanisul klöpik (vo)

Anagrams

• all to, allot

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian атолл (atoll).

Noun

atoll

1. atoll

Declension

Declension of atoll

	singular	plural
nominative	atoll	atolllar
genitive	atollnıñ	atolllarnıñ
dative	atollğa	atolllarğa
accusative	atollnı	atolllarnı
locative	atollda	atolllarda
ablative	atolldan	atolllardan

References

• “atoll”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tɔl/

• Audio:

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Noun

atoll m (plural atolls)

1. atoll

Descendants

• → Romanian: atol

Further reading

• “atoll”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Malé in the Maldives, built on an atoll

Etymology

Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).

Noun

atoll m (definite singular atollen, indefinite plural atoller, definite plural atollene)

1. an atoll

Further reading

• “atoll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).

Noun

atoll m (definite singular atollen, indefinite plural atollar, definite plural atollane)

1. an atoll

Further reading

• “atoll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

atoll c

1. atoll

Declension

Declension of atoll

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	atoll	atolls
	definite	atollen	atollens
plural	indefinite	atoller	atollers
	definite	atollerna	atollernas

Anagrams

• ollat