arcipelago

Signification (Anglais)

archipelago

Concepts

archipel

Traductions

archipelago

archipiélago

Archipel

arquipélago

αρχιπέλαγος

arxipèlag

archipel

Inselgruppe

أرخبيل

eilandengroep

takımadalar

archipèla

archipelagus

takımada

Coupé comme

ar‧ci‧pè‧la‧go

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ar.t͡ʃiˈpɛ.la.ɡo/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Formed on the basis of Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”), a designation for the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Sea is a sea with many islands; the term Arcipelago, originally a proper noun referring to the Aegean Sea, was first generalized to a common noun for any sea with many islands, and then to the islands in such a sea.