atoll

Borrowed from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu), possibly from Prakrit *𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀻𑀞 (*saṃtīṭha), from Sanskrit *संतीर्थ (saṃtīrtha, “level ford”).^[1] The traditional etymology from Persian آب‌تل (âb-tal, “water-hillock”) is unlikely.

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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

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.

• → 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

• all to, allot

Borrowed from Russian атолл (atoll).

atoll

1. atoll

• “atoll”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

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

• IPA^(key): /a.tɔl/

• Audio:

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atoll m (plural atolls)

1. atoll

• → Romanian: atol

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

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

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

1. an atoll

• “atoll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

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

1. an atoll

• “atoll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

atoll c

1. atoll

• ollat