llano

llano

See also: Llano

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llano. Doublet of piano, plain, and plane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl(j)ɑːnəʊ/, /ˈjɑːnəʊ/, /ˈlænəʊ/[1][2][3]
• Rhymes: -ɑːnəʊ, -ænəʊ

Noun

llano (plural llanos)

1. A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 442:

     “For this,” said El Espinero, with an economical slide of his hand indicating all the visible circumference of the cruel llano.

References

1. The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
2. “llano”, in Collins English Dictionary.
3. “llano”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Adjective

llano

1. neuter of llanu

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin plānus, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-. Compare the borrowed doublet plano. Cognate with Galician chan and Portuguese chão.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝano/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.no]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝano/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.no]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈʎano/ [ˈʎa.no]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃano/ [ˈʃa.no]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒano/ [ˈʒa.no]

• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: lla‧no

Adjective

llano (feminine llana, masculine plural llanos, feminine plural llanas)

1. even, flat, level

   Synonyms: plano, liso

2. plain
3. straightforward
4. (phonetics) paroxytone (penultimate accented)

   Synonym: grave

   Coordinate term: agudo

Derived terms

• allanar
• llanura
• nudo llano
• pueblo llano

 

Related terms

• plan
• plano

 

Noun

llano m (plural llanos)

1. plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)

Descendants

• → English: llano

Further reading

• “llano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014