Amazon

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (Greek) A member of a mythical race of female warriors inhabiting the Black Sea area.
2. A female warrior.
3. A tall, strong, or athletic woman.

Name

1. (attributive, sometimes) A river in South America, that flows through Brazil for about 4000 miles to the Atlantic.
2. (attributive, sometimes) A region including much of this river; specifically, the region of the Amazon Rainforest, or of the Amazon River Basin.

Name

Amazon.com Inc., a very large Internet retailer.

Verb

1. (transitive) To overwhelm or obliterate, in the context of an Internet start-up vastly outperforming its brick and mortar competition.
2. (transitive) To order (something) on Amazon.

Concepts

Amazone

amazone

Farce

Amazonie

femme

👩

Fleuve Amazone

Synonymes

Amazon River

termagant

amazon

Amazonas River

virago

Traductions

Amazonas

Amazonas

Amazonas

amazzone

Amazone

Amazones

Rio delle Amazzoni

Amazonas

Amazon

amazona

Αμαζόνιος

amazona

Amazzoni

Αμαζόνα

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈæm.ə.zən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn); perhaps Ionian Greek pronunciation of Old Persian *hamazan- (“warrior”), as the Amazon women were known warriors. A popular folk etymology, of Ancient Greek provenance, claims that the word derives from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μαζός (mazós, “breast”), referencing the belief that Amazons cut off their right breast so that it would not hinder their ability to fire a bow or throw a spear.