adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/mɑːˈsuː.pi.əl/
US:/mɑɹˈsu.pi.əl/
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CMU ARPABET:M AA0 R S UW1 P IY0 AH0 L
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to a marsupium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Examples
the marsupial bones
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A mammal of the infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears the young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to the marsupials
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
marsupial animals
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pouched mammal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metatherian
Narrower terms: opossum, possum, opossum rat, bandicoot, kangaroo, phalanger, wombat, dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid, pouched mole, marsupial mole, Notoryctus typhlops
History
Etymology
From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “bag, pouch”); with English -al.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
buidel
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Asturian:
marsupial
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Belarusian:
су́мчаты
(súmčaty)
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Belarusian:
то́рбачкавы
(tórbačkavy)
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Bulgarian:
двуутробен
(dvuutroben)
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Catalan:
marsupial
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Galician:
marsupial
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Georgian:
ჩანთოსნური
(čantosnuri)
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Icelandic:
pokadýr
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Italian:
marsupiale
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Kazakh:
қалталы
(qaltaly)
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Latin:
marsupialis
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Macedonian:
торбарски
(torbarski)
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Malay:
marsupial
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Portuguese:
marsupial
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Romanian:
marsupial
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Russian:
су́мчатый
(súmčatyj)
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Serbo-Croatian:
торбарски
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Serbo-Croatian:
torbarski
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Spanish:
marsupial
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Ukrainian:
су́мчастий
(súmčastyj)
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Welsh:
bolgodog
— of or pertaining to a marsupial
Afrikaans:
buideldier
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Arabic:
جِرَابِيّ
(jirābiyy)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Arabic:
جِرَاب
(jirāb)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Armenian:
պարկավոր
(parkavor)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Asturian:
marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Belarusian:
су́мчаты
(súmčaty)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Belarusian:
то́рбачкавы
(tórbačkavy)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Catalan:
marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Cherokee:
ᎹᏑᏈᏯᎵ
(masuquiyali)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Chinese Mandarin:
有袋動物 /有袋动物
(yǒudài dòngwù)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Chinese Mandarin:
有袋類 /有袋类
(yǒudàilèi)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Czech:
vačnatec
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Danish:
pungdyr
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Dutch:
buideldier
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Esperanto:
marsupiulo
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Faroese:
pungdýr
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Finnish:
pussieläin
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
French:
marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Galician:
marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Georgian:
ჩანთოსანი
(čantosani)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
German:
Beuteltier
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Hebrew:
חיית כיס
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Hungarian:
erszényes
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Icelandic:
pokadýr
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Ido:
marsupialo
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Italian:
marsupiale
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Japanese:
有袋類
(yūtairui)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Japanese:
有袋動物
(yūtai-dōbutsu)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Kazakh:
қалталы
(qaltaly)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Korean:
육아 낭이
(yuga nang'i)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Korean:
유대류
(yudaeryu)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Latin:
marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Lithuanian:
sterblinis
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Macedonian:
торбар
(torbar)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Malay:
marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Malay:
binatang marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Malay:
haiwan marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Mongolian:
уутат амьтан
(uutat amʹtan)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Navajo:
bizaʼazis hólónígíí
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Norwegian Bokmål:
pungdyr
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pungdyr
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Plautdietsch:
Biedeltia
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Polish:
torbacz
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Portuguese:
marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Romanian:
marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Russian:
су́мчатый
(súmčatyj)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Serbo-Croatian:
торбар
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Serbo-Croatian:
torbar
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Serbo-Croatian:
тоболчар
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Serbo-Croatian:
tobolčar
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Slovene:
vrečar
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Spanish:
marsupial
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Spanish:
didelfo
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Swedish:
pungdjur
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Turkish:
keseli hayvan
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Ukrainian:
су́мчастий
(súmčastyj)
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Vietnamese:
thú có túi
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
Welsh:
bolgodog
— mammal of which the female typically has a pouch