alligator

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tə/
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• General-American: ălʹĭ-gā-tər
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• General-American: /ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɚ/
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• Australian: /ˈæl.ɪ.ɡæɪ.tə/
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• homophone: allegator
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• rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 L AH0 G EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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] From early Modern English alligater, alligarta, aligarto, alegarto, alagarto, from Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”), from Latin lacertus (“lizard”), modern spelling possibly influenced by the unrelated Latin alligator (“one who binds”).

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Akawaio: akare — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Alabama: hachonchoba — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Albanian: aligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Apurinã: kayokuru — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Arabic: قَاطُور (qāṭūr) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Arabic: تِمْسَاح أَمْرِيكِيّ (timsāḥ ʔamrīkiyy) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Arabic: تِمْسَاح اِسْتِوَائِيّ (timsāḥ istiwāʔiyy) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Arabic: تِمْسَاح (timsāḥ) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Armenian: ալիգատոր (aligator) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Asturian: caimán — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Azerbaijani: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Azerbaijani: timsah — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Basque: aligatore — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Belarusian: аліга́тар (alihátar) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Bengali: নক্র (nokro) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Bulgarian: алига́тор (aligátor) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Burmese: မိကျောင်း (mi.kyaung:) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Catalan: al·ligàtor — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Cebuano: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Chamicuro: kashyuna — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Cherokee: ᏧᎳᏍᎩ (tsulasgi) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Chinese: 覓仔 /觅仔 (ba̍h-á) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Chinese Mandarin: 美洲鱷 /美洲鳄 (Měizhōu è) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Chinese Mandarin: 短吻鱷 /短吻鳄 (duǎnwěn'è) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Chinook Jargon: yuɬqat-uphuch skukúm — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Choctaw: hʋchonchoba — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Cornish: aligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Czech: aligátor — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Danish: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Dutch: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Esperanto: aligatoro — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Estonian: alligaator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Finnish: alligaattori — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• French: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• French: caïman — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Georgian: ალიგატორი (aligaṭori) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• German: Alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Greek: αλιγάτορας (aligátoras) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Mbya Guarani: jakare — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Hebrew: אָלִיגָטוֹר (aligator) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Hindi: मगरमच्छ (magarmacch) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Hindi: घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Hindi: मगर (magar) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Hungarian: aligátor — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Icelandic: krókódíll — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Indonesian: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Irish: ailigéadar — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Italian: alligatore — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Japanese: わに (wani) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Japanese: ワニ (wani) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Japanese: アリゲーター (arigētā) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Kashubian: aligatór — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Kazakh: аллигатор (alligator) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Khmer: ក្រពើ (krɑpəə) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Khmer: ក្រពា (krɑpie) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Korean: 악어 (ageo) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Korean: 앨리게이터 (aelligeiteo) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Kyrgyz: аллигатор (alligator) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Lao: ແຂ້ (khǣ) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Latin: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Latvian: aligators — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Lithuanian: aligatorius — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Lokono: kaikuti — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Macedonian: алигатор (aligator) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Malay: aligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Māori: arikeita — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Marshallese: aļkita — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Mongolian: матар (matar) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Navajo: bitseeʼ yee adiłhałii — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Norwegian Bokmål: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Norwegian Nynorsk: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Old Tupi: îakaré — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Persian: تمساح (temsâh) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Polish: aligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Portuguese: aligátor — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Portuguese: jacaré — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Punjabi: ਮਗਰਮੱਛ (magramaccha) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Romanian: aligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Russian: аллига́тор (alligátor) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Serbo-Croatian: алигатор — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Serbo-Croatian: aligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Slovak: aligátor — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Slovene: aligátor — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Spanish: aligátor — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Spanish: aligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Spanish: yacaré — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Spanish: lagarto — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Swahili: aligatori — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Swahili: aligeita — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Swedish: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Tagalog: kayman — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Tagalog: kaiman — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Tagalog: aligeytor — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Tajik: тимсоҳ (timsoh) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Tamil: முதலை (mutalai) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Tatar: аллигатор (alliğator) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Thai: โขง (kǒong) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Thai: จระเข้ (jɔɔ-rá-kêe) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Thai: แอลลิเกเตอร์ — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Thai: จระเข้ตีนเป็ด — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Tok Pisin: pukpuk — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Tswana: kwena — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Turkish: timsah — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Turkish: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Ottoman Turkish: تمساح (timsah) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Ottoman Turkish: نهنگ (neheng) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Ukrainian: аліга́тор (alihátor) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Umbundu: ongandu — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Unami: shkèhte — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Urdu: گھڑیال (ghaṛiyāl) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Urdu: مگر (magar) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Urdu: شیر آبی (śer ābī) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Uyghur: تىمساھ (timsah) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Uzbek: alligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Uzbek: timsoh — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Vietnamese: cá sấu — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Wapishana: atoru — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Welsh: aligator — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Yiddish: אַליגאַטאָר (aligator) — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''
• Zazaki: timsah — large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator''