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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries恐竜
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kyōryū
"子供たちは恐竜の化石にとても興味を持っています。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A fossil reptile of the Mesozoic era, often reaching an enormous size.
"Scientists discovered a new species of herbivorous dinosaur in the desert." - 2
A person or thing that is outdated, antiquated, or resistant to change.
"The company needs to modernize its software if it doesn't want to become a dinosaur in the tech industry."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Modern Latin 'dinosauria', coined in 1842 by the English paleontologist Sir Richard Owen. The term combines the Ancient Greek 'deinos' meaning 'terrible, mighty, wondrous' and 'sauros' meaning 'lizard'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dinosaur" is said worldwide
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dinosaure
Transliteration: di.no.zɔʁ
"Les enfants adorent visiter le musée des dinosaures."
Dinosaurier
Transliteration: di.noˈzaʊ̯.ʁi.ɐ
"Wissenschaftler haben das Skelett eines Dinosauriers ausgegraben."
dinosauro
Transliteration: di.noˈzau.ro
"Il T-Rex è uno dei dinosauri più famosi al mondo."
dinosaurio
Transliteration: di.noˈsau.ɾjo
"Los dinosaurios se extinguieron hace millones de años."
dinossauro
Transliteration: di.noˈsaw.ɾu
"Ele encontrou um fóssil de dinossauro na escavação."
डिनोसर
Transliteration: dinosar
"वैज्ञानिकों ने संग्रहालय में एक नया डिनोसर जीवाश्म देखा।"
恐龙
Transliteration: kǒng lóng
"孩子们在博物馆里看到了巨大的恐龙化石。"
공룡
Transliteration: gong-ryong
"박물관에서 거대한 공룡 뼈를 전시하고 있습니다."
恐竜
Transliteration: kyōryū
"子供たちは恐竜の化石にとても興味を持っています。"
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