peninsular

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, peninsula +‎ -ar. In the historical sense borrowed from Spanish peninsular.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈnɪn.sjə.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈpɛn.ɪn.sjʊ.lə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /pəˈnɪn.sə.ləɹ/
• (Australian, yod-coalescence) IPA^(key): /pəˈnɪn.ʃə.lə(ɹ)/
• Homophone: peninsula (non-rhotic)

Adjective

peninsular (comparative more peninsular, superlative most peninsular)

2. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or connected with a peninsula or peninsulas.

   Coordinate term: insular

   The lakeside cottage was on a peninsular spit of land.

4. Exhibiting a narrow provincialism; parochial.

   Near-synonym: insular

Derived terms

• circumpeninsular
• midpeninsular
• nonpeninsular
• peninsularism
• peninsularly
• peninsular Spanish
• [[:transpeninsular

  penis#English|transpeninsular

  penis]]

Translations

of or connected with a peninsula

• Armenian: թերակղզային (tʻerakġzayin)
• Catalan: peninsular
• Czech: poloostrovní
• Finnish: niemi-, niemimaa-
• French: péninsulaire (fr)
• Friulian: peninsulâr
• Galician: peninsular
• Georgian: ნახევარკუნძულოვანი (naxevarḳunʒulovani)
• Greek: χερσονήσου (el) f (chersonísou)
• Ido: peninsulala (io)
• Interlingua: peninsular
• Italian: peninsulare (it)
• Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: półwyspowy (pl)
• Portuguese: peninsular (pt)
• Spanish: peninsular (es)
• Volapük: tinisulik

Noun

peninsular (plural peninsulars or peninsulares)

1. One who inhabits a peninsula.
2. (historical) A person born on the Iberian Peninsula who emigrated to a (contemporary or former) Spanish colony.
   • 1992, Edwin Williamson, The Penguin history of Latin America, London; New York: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 131:

     Some of the great merchants in the Indies were creoles, but the majority were peninsulares. These latter acted as effective intermediaries between Spain and the colonies.

3. Misspelling of peninsula, found chiefly in non-rhotic accents.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:peninsular.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsulāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pə.nin.suˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.nin.suˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.nin.suˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pe.nin.suˈlar]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Adjective

peninsular m or f (masculine and feminine plural peninsulars)

1. peninsular (relating to a peninsula)

Noun

peninsular m or f by sense (plural peninsulars)

1. peninsular (inhabitant of a peninsula)

Interlingua

Adjective

peninsular (not comparable)

1. peninsular

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsulāris.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.nĩ.suˈlaʁ/ [pe.nĩ.suˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.nĩ.suˈlaʁ/ [pe.nĩ.suˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pe.nĩ.suˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pe.nĩ.suˈlaʁ/ [pe.nĩ.suˈlaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pe.nĩ.suˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.nĩ.suˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.nĩ.suˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.nĩ.suˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pe‧nin‧su‧lar

Adjective

peninsular m or f (plural peninsulares)

1. (geography) peninsular (of or relating to a peninsula)

Related terms

• península

Further reading

• “peninsular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “peninsular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French péninsulaire. By surface analysis, peninsulă +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peninsuˈlar/

Adjective

peninsular m or n (feminine singular peninsulară, masculine plural peninsulari, feminine/neuter plural peninsulare)

1. peninsular

Declension

Declension of peninsular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	peninsular		peninsulară	peninsulari	peninsulare
	definite	peninsularul		peninsulara	peninsularii	peninsularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	peninsular		peninsulare	peninsulari	peninsulare
	definite	peninsularului		peninsularei	peninsularilor	peninsularelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin paenīnsulāris. By surface analysis, península +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peninsuˈlaɾ/ [pe.nĩn.suˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧nin‧su‧lar

Adjective

peninsular m or f (masculine and feminine plural peninsulares)

1. peninsular

Noun

peninsular m (plural peninsulares)

1. (historical, Latin America, US, Philippines, obsolete) Spaniard born in the Iberian Peninsula who immigrated into the colonies of the Spanish Empire; peninsular.

   Synonyms: español, castellano

   Coordinate terms: criollo, americano, insular, filipino, filipina

2. (Canary Islands) Spaniard from mainland Spain

Further reading

• “peninsular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “peninsular”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010