amphibious
UK/æmˈfɪbi.əs/
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British/amˈfɪbɪjəs/
amphibious adjective: capable of functioning on land or in water.
Adjective
amphibious (not comparable)
- Capable of functioning on land or in water.
- an amphibious vehicle
- Most Dutch cities began on a terp or artificial mound to which the prehistoric amphibious folk rushed for refuge when floods rolled in.1898, The Outlook, volume 60, page 281
- Occurring on both land and water.
- an amphibious attack
- Taiwan’s navy has taken delivery of a new, domestically made amphibious warfare ship that can be used to land troops and bolster supply lines to vulnerable islands, part of a push by Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen to achieve defence self-sufficiency.2022 September 30, “Taiwan adds new amphibious warfare ship to defence inventory”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 30 Sep 2022
- Ambidextrous.
amphibious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
amphibious in Hindi
- capable of functioning on land or in water
- उभयचर ubhaycar
amphibious in Tamil
- இருநிலை வாழ், நில நீர் வாழ்வன, நீர்நில இயக்க, ஈரூடகவாழ்வுக்குரிய, நீரிலும் நிலத்திலும் உள்ள
amphibious in Urdu
- ایمفیبیئس, امفیبیئس, ایمفبیئس
amphibious in Telugu
- ఉభయచర
More languagesFewer languages
- amphibious in Kannada
- ಉಭಯಚರ
- amphibious in Punjabi
- ਐਂਫੀਬੀਅਸ
- amphibious in Gujarati
- એમ્ફિબિયસ
- amphibious in Odia
- ଉଭଯଚର
- amphibious in Nepali
- एम्फिबियस
- amphibious in Malay
- dualam, amfibia
Synonyms of amphibious
Origin of amphibious
From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”).
Words formed from amphibious
Phrases with amphibious
Questions about amphibious
- What does amphibious mean?
- Amphibious means capable of functioning on land or in water.
- What is amphibious in Hindi?
- Amphibious in Hindi is उभयचर (ubhaycar). See Amphibious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is amphibious?
- Amphibious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce amphibious?
- Amphibious is pronounced /æmˈfɪbi.əs/ (UK).
Words near amphibious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: amphibious (page history and authors); amphibious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amphibious (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amphibious (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amphibious (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amphibious (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amphibious (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amphibious (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); amphibious (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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