name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈtʌndɹə/
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CMU ARPABET:T AH1 N D R AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname from Romanian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A flat and treeless Arctic biome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, error-lua-timeout, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A long stretch of something, such as time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, error-lua-timeout, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plain, field, champaign
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
toendra
— flat treeless arctic region
Ainu:
ヌフ
(nuf)
— flat treeless arctic region
Albanian:
tundër
— flat treeless arctic region
Arabic:
تُنْدْرَا
(tundrā)
— flat treeless arctic region
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܛܘܼܢܕܪܵܐ
(ṭundrā)
— flat treeless arctic region
Armenian:
տունդրա
(tundra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Azerbaijani:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Belarusian:
ту́ндра
(túndra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Bulgarian:
ту́ндра
(túndra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Catalan:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Chinese Mandarin:
凍原 /冻原
(dòngyuán)
— flat treeless arctic region
Chinese Mandarin:
苔原
(táiyuán)
— flat treeless arctic region
Chinese Mandarin:
凍土層 /冻土层
(dòngtǔcéng)
— flat treeless arctic region
Czech:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Danish:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Dutch:
toendra
— flat treeless arctic region
Esperanto:
tundro
— flat treeless arctic region
Estonian:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Faroese:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Faroese:
frostmýra
— flat treeless arctic region
Finnish:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
French:
toundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Galician:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Georgian:
ტუნდრა
(ṭundra)
— flat treeless arctic region
German:
Tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Greek:
τούντρα
(toúntra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Greek:
τούνδρα
(toúndra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Hawaiian:
nakilinaka
— flat treeless arctic region
Hebrew:
טוּנְדְרָה
(túndra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Hindi:
टुंड्रा
(ṭuṇḍrā)
— flat treeless arctic region
Hindi:
तुन्द्रा
(tundrā)
— flat treeless arctic region
Hungarian:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Icelandic:
freðmýri
— flat treeless arctic region
Icelandic:
túndra
— flat treeless arctic region
Ido:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Indonesian:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Ingrian:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Interlingua:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Irish:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Italian:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Japanese:
ツンドラ
(tsundora)
— flat treeless arctic region
Japanese:
凍原
(tōgen)
— flat treeless arctic region
Kazakh:
тундра
(tundra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Khakas:
кӧдіре
(ködìre)
— flat treeless arctic region
Korean:
툰드라
(tundeura)
— flat treeless arctic region
Kyrgyz:
тундра
(tundra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Latvian:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Lithuanian:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Macedonian:
ту́ндра
(túndra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Mongolian:
тундр
(tundr)
— flat treeless arctic region
Norwegian Bokmål:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Norwegian Nynorsk:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Ossetian:
тундрӕ
(tundræ)
— flat treeless arctic region
Persian:
توندرا
(tundrâ)
— flat treeless arctic region
Polish:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Portuguese:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Romanian:
tundră
— flat treeless arctic region
Russian:
ту́ндра
(túndra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Serbo-Croatian:
ту̑ндра
— flat treeless arctic region
Serbo-Croatian:
tȗndra
— flat treeless arctic region
Shor:
кӧдре
(ködre)
— flat treeless arctic region
Slovak:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Slovene:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Spanish:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Swedish:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Tagalog:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Tajik:
тундра
(tundra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Turkish:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Turkish:
kutup bozkırı
— flat treeless arctic region
Turkmen:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Ukrainian:
ту́ндра
(túndra)
— flat treeless arctic region
Uyghur:
تۇندىرا
(tundira)
— flat treeless arctic region
Uzbek:
tundra
— flat treeless arctic region
Vietnamese:
đài nguyên
— flat treeless arctic region
Vietnamese:
đồng rêu
— flat treeless arctic region
Vietnamese:
lãnh nguyên
— flat treeless arctic region
Volapük:
muskän
— flat treeless arctic region
Welsh:
twndra
— flat treeless arctic region
Yakut:
туундара
(tuundara)
— flat treeless arctic region