pygmy

Denizione di  pygmy - dizionario di inglese del sito grammaticainglese.org - definizione traduzione e spiegazione grammaticale

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Definizione monolingua


pygmy


Noun

pygmy (plural pygmies)


  1. (often capitalized, usually in the plural: Pygmies) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature
    The Bantu immigration drove many Pygmy tribes into the darkest jungle, while other Pygmies were reduced to cohabitation in a subservient status
  2. (Greek mythology) A member of a race of dwarfs
    Homer and Herodote mentioned Pygmies in India (which would fit the Andamanese Negritoes) or Ethiopia (then meaning all Subsaharan Africa)
  3. (figuratively) Any dwarfish person
    Everyone looked like Pygmies whenever giant Joe joined his classmates
  4. (figuratively) An insignificant person, at least in some respect
    Despite his towering stature, the minister proved a political pygmy
Adjective

pygmy (comparative more pygmy, superlative most pygmy)


  1. Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people
  2. Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind
    Soil exhaustion ultimately produces a pygmy crop at best

Definizione dizionario pygmy


nano
pigmeo

Altri significati:
  Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people
  a member of a mythological race of dwarfs
  any dwarfish person
  (Greek mythology) A member of a race of dwarfs
  an insigificant person
  a member of various African peoples
  (figuratively) Any dwarfish person
  Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind
  (often capitalized, usually in the plural: Pygmies) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature
  (figuratively) An insignificant person, at least in some respect

Traduzione pygmy


nano ,pigmeo

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