gnomo
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡnomo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -omo
- Hyphenation: gno‧mo
Noun
gnomo (accusative singular gnomon, plural gnomoj, accusative plural gnomojn)
- (mythology) gnome, dwarf
- 1995, J.R.R. Tolkien, translated by William Auld, La kunularo de l' ringoj, page 31:
- Kiel estas rakontite en La Hobito, venis iun tagon al la pordo de Bilbo la granda sorĉisto, Gandalfo la Griza, kun dek tri gnomoj: fakte neniu alia ol Torino Kverkaŝildo, posteulo de reĝoj, kaj ties dek du kunuloj en ekzilo.
- As was recounted in The Hobbit, one day there came to Bilbo's door the great wizard, Gandalf the Grey, with thirteen dwarves: actually none other than Thorin Oakenshield, the successor of kings, and his twelve companions in exile.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈɲɔ.mo/
- Rhymes: -ɔmo
- Hyphenation: gnò‧mo
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”).
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin gnomus, coined by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡnomo/ [ˈɡno.mo], /ˈnomo/ [ˈno.mo], /ˈɲomo/ [ˈɲo.mo]
- Rhymes: -omo
- Syllabification: gno‧mo
Hypernyms
Further reading
- “gnomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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