adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the Himalayas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Himalayan
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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South-Asia: /hɪˈmɑː.lə.jən/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɪm.əˌleɪ.ən/
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CMU ARPABET: HH IH2 M AH0 L EY1 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH IH2 M AH0 L AY1 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Huge, gigantic, enormously large.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An inhabitant of the Himalayas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A domestic cat breed similar to (and, in some places, considered a variety of) the Persian breed, but with the colourpoint coat pattern of the Siamese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Colourpoint Persian, Himalayan Persian, Himmy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to the Himalayas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Himalayan peaks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Himalaya Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Himalayan From Himalaya + -an.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: himalaià — of or relating to the Himalayas
- French: himalayen — of or relating to the Himalayas
- Irish: Himiléach — of or relating to the Himalayas
- Macedonian: хималајски (himalajski) — of or relating to the Himalayas
- Polish: himalajski — of or relating to the Himalayas
- Portuguese: himalaio — of or relating to the Himalayas
- Romanian: himalaian — of or relating to the Himalayas
- Russian: гимала́йский (gimalájskij) — of or relating to the Himalayas
- Spanish: himalayo — of or relating to the Himalayas
- Portuguese: himalaio — inhabitant of the Himalayas
- Romanian: himalaian — inhabitant of the Himalayas
- Romanian: himalaiană — inhabitant of the Himalayas
- Japanese: ヒマラヤン (Himarayan) — cat breed
- Korean: 히말라얀 (himallayan) — cat breed
- Portuguese: himalaio — cat breed
- Romanian: himalayană — cat breed
- Romanian: pisică himalayană — cat breed
- Spanish: gato himalayo — cat breed
Real reading context