mirto

mirto

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1390. From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmiɾtʊ]

Noun

mirto m (plural mirtos)

1. myrtle
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:

     Et d'estas septe couselas saeẽ delas septe lumes, et nõ entrã en elas senõ olio de basmo ou de mirto ou de ouliua

     And outside from these seven receptacles seven fires burn, and nothing but oil of balsam or myrtle or olive enters in them

   Synonym: murta

Related terms

• murta

References

• “mirto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mirto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mirto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mirto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mirto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir.to/
• Rhymes: -irto
• Hyphenation: mìr‧to

Noun

mirto m (plural mirti)

1. common myrtle (Myrtus communis)
2. myrtle (plant of the genus Myrtus )

Related terms

• mirteto
• mirteo
• mirtolo

Anagrams

• mitro, mitrò, morti, ritmo, ritmò

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Latvian

Participle

mirto

1. vocative singular masculine form of mirtais
2. accusative singular masculine form of mirtais
3. instrumental singular masculine form of mirtais
4. genitive plural masculine form of mirtais
5. vocative singular feminine form of mirtais
6. accusative singular feminine form of mirtais
7. instrumental singular feminine form of mirtais
8. genitive plural feminine form of mirtais

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʁ.tu/ [ˈmih.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʁ.tu/ [ˈmih.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʁ.tu/ [ˈmiχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾ.tu/

Noun

mirto m (plural mirtos)

1. myrtle

Related terms

• mírteo
• mirtiforme
• mirtoso
• murta

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾto/ [ˈmiɾ.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -iɾto
• Syllabification: mir‧to

Noun

mirto m (plural mirtos)

1. myrtle

   Synonyms: arrayán, murta

Further reading

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