Iberian

English

Etymology

From Iberia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɹiən

Adjective

Iberian (comparative more Iberian, superlative most Iberian)

1. Native to Iberia.
2. Of or pertaining to Iberia.

Derived terms

• Iberian America
• Iberian desman
• Iberian ibex

 

Translations

Native to Iberia

• Afrikaans: Iberies
• Catalan: ibèric (ca)
• Dutch: Iberisch (nl)
• French: ibérique (fr), ibère (fr)
• Galician: ibérico (gl)
• German: iberisch (de)
• Irish: Ibéarach
• Italian: iberico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: iberisk

  Nynorsk: iberisk

• Old Galician-Portuguese: espanhol m
• Polish: iberyjski (pl)
• Portuguese: ibérico (pt)
• Spanish: ibérico (es), ibero
• Swedish: iberisk (sv)
• Yiddish: איבעריש (iberish)

Noun

Iberian (countable and uncountable, plural Iberians)

1. (countable) A native of Iberia (the European peninsula).
2. (countable) A Georgian (person from the country in Eurasia).

Derived terms

• Celtiberian

Translations

Native of Iberia

• Afrikaans: Iberiër
• Catalan: iber (ca) m
• Dutch: Iberiër (nl) m
• French: ibère (fr) m or f
• Galician: ibérico (gl) m, ibero (gl) m
• German: Iberer (de) m, Ibererin (de) f
• Irish: Ibéarach m, Ibéaraigh m pl
• Italian: iberico (it) m
• Spanish: ibero m, íbero m

Proper noun

Iberian

1. An extinct language isolate that was spoken in the Iberian peninsula.

Translations

an extinct language

• Catalan: ibèric (ca) m
• Dutch: Iberisch (nl) n
• Galician: ibero (gl), ibérico (gl)
• German: Iberisch n
• Spanish: ibérico (es) m, ibero m, íbero m

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Iberian terms

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Iberian, xib ⁠