Meanings
- not comparableOccurring on both land and water.
an amphibious attack
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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 - humorousnot comparablehobbiesAmbidextrous.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiverelating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia
adjectiveoperating or living on land and in water
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀμφίβιος
- Englishamphibious
From Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βίος (bíos, “life”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀμφίβιος
- ἀμφίβιος (amphíbios)capable of functioning on land or in water
Catalan amfibi, amfibi
- amfibicapable of functioning on land or in water
- amfibioccurring on both land and water
Chinese Mandarin 兩棲 /两栖
- 兩棲 /两栖 (liǎngqī)capable of functioning on land or in water
Czech obojživelný
- obojživelnýcapable of functioning on land or in water
Dutch amfibisch
- amfibischcapable of functioning on land or in water
Esperanto amfibia
- amfibiacapable of functioning on land or in water
Finnish amfibinen, amfibio-
- amfibinencapable of functioning on land or in water
- amfibio-occurring on both land and water
French amphibie
- amphibiecapable of functioning on land or in water
German amphibisch
- amphibischcapable of functioning on land or in water
Greek αμφίβιος
- αμφίβιος (amfívios)capable of functioning on land or in water
Hindi उभयचर
- उभयचर (ubhaycar)capable of functioning on land or in water
Irish amfaibiach, débheathach
- amfaibiachcapable of functioning on land or in water
- débheathachcapable of functioning on land or in water
- loscántacapable of functioning on land or in water
- amfaibiachoccurring on both land and water
Italian anfibio
- anfibiocapable of functioning on land or in water
Japanese 水陸両用の
- 水陸両用の (suirikuryōyō no)occurring on both land and water
Korean 수륙 양용의
- 수륙 양용의 (suryuk yang'yong-ui)occurring on both land and water
Latin amphibius
- amphibiuscapable of functioning on land or in water
Malay dualam, amfibia
- dualamcapable of functioning on land or in water
- amfibiacapable of functioning on land or in water
Polish amfibijny, amfibijny
- amfibijnycapable of functioning on land or in water
- amfibijnyoccurring on both land and water
Portuguese anfíbio, anfíbio
- anfíbiocapable of functioning on land or in water
- anfíbiooccurring on both land and water
Russian земново́дный
- земново́дный (zemnovódnyj)capable of functioning on land or in water
Scottish Gaelic muir-thìreach, dà-bheathach
- muir-thìreachcapable of functioning on land or in water
- dà-bheathachcapable of functioning on land or in water
- dà-bhitheachcapable of functioning on land or in water
Spanish anfibio
- anfibiocapable of functioning on land or in water
Swedish amfibisk
- amfibiskcapable of functioning on land or in water
Welsh tir a môr, amffibiaidd
- tir a môrcapable of functioning on land or in water
- amffibiaiddoccurring on both land and water
Cite this entry
amphibious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amphibious
“amphibious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amphibious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amphibious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amphibious.
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