lanoso
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lānōsus. By surface analysis, lana + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈno.zo/
- Rhymes: -ozo
- Hyphenation: la‧nó‧so
Adjective
lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosi, feminine plural lanose)
- covered in wool
- Synonym: lanuto
- (by extension) lanate (covered in woolly hairs)
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto III”, in Inferno, lines 97–99:
- Quinci fuor quete le lanose gote
al nocchier de la livida palude,
che ’ntorno a li occhi avea di fiamme rote.- Henceforth went quiet the lanate cheeks of the black swamp's helmsman, who had circles of flames around his eyes.
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- (botany) lanate
- Synonym: lanato
- woolly (having a wool-like texture or appearance)
Related terms
- lana
- lanosità
Further reading
- lanoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- saloon
Latin
Adjective
lānōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lānōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin lānōsus. By surface analysis, lã + -oso.
Adjective
lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosos, feminine plural lanosas, metaphonic)
- woolly (made of wool)
- woolly (having much wool)
- woolly (similar to wool in appearance or texture)
Related terms
- lã
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin lānōsus. Equivalent to lana + -oso.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈnoso/ [laˈno.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: la‧no‧so
Adjective
lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosos, feminine plural lanosas)
- woolly
Related terms
- lana
Further reading
- “lanoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014