Pyreneesn.

Brit.

/ˌpɪrəˈniːz/, U.S.

/ˈpɪrəˌniz/

Forms:

α. Old English Pireni, Old English 1500s Perenei, Middle English–1500s Pireney, Middle English–1600s Pirenei, 1500s Pyrenei, 1500s Pyrinei, 1500s–1600s Pyrenaei.

β. Middle English Pireneies, Middle English Pireneus, 1500s–1600s Pyrenes, 1500s– Pyrenees, 1600s Pireneis, 1600s Pireneys, 1600s Pyrenaeis, 1600s Pyreneys, 1700s– Pyrenées; also Scottish pre-1700 Pirhenese, pre-1700 Pyrheneise.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin Pȳrēnaeī; French Pyrenees.

Etymology: Originally (chiefly in α. forms) < classical Latin Pȳrēnaeī (short for montēs Pȳrēnaeī or saltūs Pȳrēnaeī Pyrenean mountains), use as noun of the plural of Pȳrēnaeus (see Pyrenean adj.); subsequently reinforced by Middle French Pyrenees, French Pyrénées, †Pirénées (1572; 1435 in montaignes Pyrenees, 1550 in montz Pirenées). Compare Occitan Pirenèus, plural, Pirenèu, singular, Catalan monts Piraneus (late 14th cent.), Pirineus, plural, Pirineu, singular (1809 or earlier as Pirineo), Spanish montes Pirineos (c1270 as montes Pireneos), Pirineo, singular (c1230), Pirineos, plural (1803), Portuguese Pirenéus, plural (1600 or earlier; 15th cent. as montes Pyreneos), Italian Pireneo, singular (a1292, also as monti Pirenei).In form Pireneus apparently with alteration of ending after Latin nouns in -us. Compare also Middle English Pyrenea (apparently with alteration of ending after -a suffix¹ 1): ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 188 Pirenea is hede and welle of many grete Ryuers. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 193^v Þe Gascoignes..wonen by þe longe and large solitude of þe mounte of Pyrennea.

Usually with plural agreement and with the. A range of mountains extending along the border between France and Spain from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean.

ΚΠ

α.

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) 4 (table of contents) Hu Hannibal abræc ofer Perenei þa beorgas.

OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 19 Be norðan þære [sc. seo us nearre Ispania] synt Equitania, & be norðaneastan is se weald Pireni [L. Pyrenaei saltus].

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 251 (MED) Charles wente to Spayne, and wan þe dales, laundes, and contrayes aboute þe hilles montes Pireney [L. saltu Pyrenaeo superato].

a1545 T. Lanquet Epitome of Chron. (1559) i. f. 133 Constantine, sent his sonne Constans into Spayne, against two noble men, Dyndimus and Uerinianus, whiche kept the streightes of the mountayns called Pyrenei bothe against him and the barbarous people.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. ii. sig. B^v Yours might haue beene what euer lies betweene The Perenei and Alps, Aquitayne, and Rheine.

1630 T. May Contin. Lucan v. sig. G8 The fifth, and North-East side The Pyrenæi make, which doe diuide Gallia from Spaine, which by their wondrous height Might seeme to threat the Skies.

β. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 299 Þere beeþ tweye Spaynes: þe hyder bygynneþ from þe pleynes and valeys of Pireneies [L. incipiens a Pyrenaeis saltibus] and streccheþ by Cantabria and endeþ at Carthago Spartaria.1565 A. Golding in tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia Expos. Names sig. Mm.vi^v Pyrenes, the Mountaynes whyche deuyde Fraunce from Spayne they are now called the mountaynes of Foyes and Rounceual.1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 14 It seemed sore to trot al afoote ouer the Pyrenees and Alpes [L. Pyrenaeum et Alpes], and huge long viages at smal ease in their armour.1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxii. 43 These parts of the Pyreneys that border upon the Mediterranean, are never without Theeves.1693 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (ed. 3) 206 Extending from the Pyrenes..Southwards.1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 43 The best Tormentil Roots come from grassy, wet Places about the Alps and Pyrenees.1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 683/2 Pyrenean Mountains, or Pyrenees.1837 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VI. xlix. 510 Napoleon..felt with Louis XIV. that it was necessary there should be no longer any Pyrenees.1882 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 56 I'm off to the Pyrenees to shoot bears and bouquetins.1925 E. Wharton Let. 9 June (1988) 483 We plunged into the Pyrenees at Luchon, & wandered among flowers & Romanesque churches.2001 Nature 16 Aug. 683/2 He was born in the French Pyrenees, a Catalan-speaking region of France.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyrenees
释义	Pyreneesn. Brit. /ˌpɪrəˈniːz/, U.S. /ˈpɪrəˌniz/ Forms: α. Old English Pireni, Old English 1500s Perenei, Middle English–1500s Pireney, Middle English–1600s Pirenei, 1500s Pyrenei, 1500s Pyrinei, 1500s–1600s Pyrenaei. β. Middle English Pireneies, Middle English Pireneus, 1500s–1600s Pyrenes, 1500s– Pyrenees, 1600s Pireneis, 1600s Pireneys, 1600s Pyrenaeis, 1600s Pyreneys, 1700s– Pyrenées; also Scottish pre-1700 Pirhenese, pre-1700 Pyrheneise. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin Pȳrēnaeī; French Pyrenees. Etymology: Originally (chiefly in α. forms) < classical Latin Pȳrēnaeī (short for montēs Pȳrēnaeī or saltūs Pȳrēnaeī Pyrenean mountains), use as noun of the plural of Pȳrēnaeus (see Pyrenean adj.); subsequently reinforced by Middle French Pyrenees, French Pyrénées, †Pirénées (1572; 1435 in montaignes Pyrenees, 1550 in montz Pirenées). Compare Occitan Pirenèus, plural, Pirenèu, singular, Catalan monts Piraneus (late 14th cent.), Pirineus, plural, Pirineu, singular (1809 or earlier as Pirineo), Spanish montes Pirineos (c1270 as montes Pireneos), Pirineo, singular (c1230), Pirineos, plural (1803), Portuguese Pirenéus, plural (1600 or earlier; 15th cent. as montes Pyreneos), Italian Pireneo, singular (a1292, also as monti Pirenei).In form Pireneus apparently with alteration of ending after Latin nouns in -us. Compare also Middle English Pyrenea (apparently with alteration of ending after -a suffix¹ 1): ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 188 Pirenea is hede and welle of many grete Ryuers. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 193^v Þe Gascoignes..wonen by þe longe and large solitude of þe mounte of Pyrennea. Usually with plural agreement and with the. A range of mountains extending along the border between France and Spain from the Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean. ΚΠ α. eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) 4 (table of contents) Hu Hannibal abræc ofer Perenei þa beorgas. OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. i. 19 Be norðan þære [sc. seo us nearre Ispania] synt Equitania, & be norðaneastan is se weald Pireni [L. Pyrenaei saltus]. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 251 (MED) Charles wente to Spayne, and wan þe dales, laundes, and contrayes aboute þe hilles montes Pireney [L. saltu Pyrenaeo superato]. a1545 T. Lanquet Epitome of Chron. (1559) i. f. 133 Constantine, sent his sonne Constans into Spayne, against two noble men, Dyndimus and Uerinianus, whiche kept the streightes of the mountayns called Pyrenei bothe against him and the barbarous people. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. ii. sig. B^v Yours might haue beene what euer lies betweene The Perenei and Alps, Aquitayne, and Rheine. 1630 T. May Contin. Lucan v. sig. G8 The fifth, and North-East side The Pyrenæi make, which doe diuide Gallia from Spaine, which by their wondrous height Might seeme to threat the Skies. β. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 299 Þere beeþ tweye Spaynes: þe hyder bygynneþ from þe pleynes and valeys of Pireneies [L. incipiens a Pyrenaeis saltibus] and streccheþ by Cantabria and endeþ at Carthago Spartaria.1565 A. Golding in tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia Expos. Names sig. Mm.vi^v Pyrenes, the Mountaynes whyche deuyde Fraunce from Spayne they are now called the mountaynes of Foyes and Rounceual.1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 14 It seemed sore to trot al afoote ouer the Pyrenees and Alpes [L. Pyrenaeum et Alpes], and huge long viages at smal ease in their armour.1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ i. xxii. 43 These parts of the Pyreneys that border upon the Mediterranean, are never without Theeves.1693 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (ed. 3) 206 Extending from the Pyrenes..Southwards.1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 43 The best Tormentil Roots come from grassy, wet Places about the Alps and Pyrenees.1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 683/2 Pyrenean Mountains, or Pyrenees.1837 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VI. xlix. 510 Napoleon..felt with Louis XIV. that it was necessary there should be no longer any Pyrenees.1882 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 56 I'm off to the Pyrenees to shoot bears and bouquetins.1925 E. Wharton Let. 9 June (1988) 483 We plunged into the Pyrenees at Luchon, & wandered among flowers & Romanesque churches.2001 Nature 16 Aug. 683/2 He was born in the French Pyrenees, a Catalan-speaking region of France. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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