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 modern-day Iberia (the European peninsula): a person native to Spain, Portugal, Andorra, or Gibraltar,.
2. (historical, chiefly in the plural) An ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, at least from the 6th century BCE.
3. (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 language on Wikipedia

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 ⁠