Meanings
adjectivePyrenean (not comparable)
alternative Pyrenaean · alternative Pyrenæan
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the Pyrenees, a mountain range separating France and Spain.
During the Hundred Days he was in command of an army defending the Pyrenean frontier.
1910, Hugh Chisholm (contributor), The Encyclopædia Britannica: Chatelet-Constantine, page 4671 more example
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.
1845, Selina Bunbury, Evenings in the Pyrenées
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek Πυρηναῖος
- Πυρηναῖος (Purēnaîos)of or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Catalan pirenaic, pirinenc
- pirenaicof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
- pirinencof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Czech pyrenejský
- pyrenejskýof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Dutch Pyrenees, Pyrenese
- Pyreneesof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
- Pyreneseof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
French pyrénéen, Pyrénéen
- pyrénéenof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
- Pyrénéennative or inhabitant of the Pyrenees
- Pyrénéennenative or inhabitant of the Pyrenees
German pyrenäisch
- pyrenäischof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Italian pirenaico
- pirenaicoof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Latin Pȳrēnaeus
- Pȳrēnaeusof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Polish pirenejski
- pirenejskiof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Portuguese pirenaico
- pirenaicoof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Russian пирене́йский
- пирене́йский (pirenéjskij)of or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Spanish pirenaico
- pirenaicoof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Swedish pyreneisk
- pyreneiskof or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Ukrainian пірене́йський
- пірене́йський (pirenéjsʹkyj)of or pertaining to the Pyrenees
Cite this entry
APA
Pyrenean. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pyrenean
MLA
“Pyrenean.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pyrenean. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pyrenean,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pyrenean.
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