promontorio
See also: promontório
Italian
Etymology
From Latin prōmunturium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pro.monˈtɔ.rjo/
- Rhymes: -ɔrjo
- Hyphenation: pro‧mon‧tò‧rio
Noun
promontorio m (plural promontori)
- promontory (both senses)
- (meteorology) ridge
Further reading
- promontorio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
prōmontoriō
- dative/ablative singular of prōmontorium
Portuguese
Noun
promontorio m (plural promontorios)
- Obsolete spelling of promontório
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin promontorium.
Noun
promontorio m (plural promontorios)
- promontory, headland
- 2015 September 25, “La caza del león”, in El País:
- Las hembras y los cachorros descansan saciados y relajados en los promontorios rocosos.
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Further reading
- “promontorio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014