pyrenean

/ˌpɪɹəˈniːən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

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adj

noun

"Pierre held his berret ^([sic]) in his hand, and the boldness of the Pyrenean hunter was strangely overcome in the absence of all apparent danger: he really knew not what he did or what he said."
"During the Hundred Days he was in command of an army defending the Pyrenean frontier."

From Latin Pȳrēnaeus + -an.

Pyrenaean (alternative) Pyrenæan (alternative) Pyreneans (plural)

Pyrenean chamois Pyrenean desman Pyrenean Sheepdog

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The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɪɹəˈniːən/.

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Where does pyrenean come from?

From Latin Pȳrēnaeus + -an.

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