pernicioso
Italian
Etymology
From Latin perniciōsus. By surface analysis, pernicie (“disaster”, “ruin”) + -oso (“-ous”, suffix denoting presence of an attribute).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /per.niˈt͡ʃo.zo/, (traditional) /per.niˈt͡ʃo.so/[1]
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: per‧ni‧ció‧so
Adjective
pernicioso (feminine perniciosa, masculine plural perniciosi, feminine plural perniciose, superlative perniciosissimo)
Derived terms
References
- pernicioso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Latin
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin perniciōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁ.ni.siˈo.zu/ [peɦ.ni.sɪˈo.zu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peɾ.ni.siˈo.zu/ [peɾ.ni.sɪˈo.zu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peʁ.ni.siˈo.zu/ [peʁ.ni.sɪˈo.zu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peɻ.ni.siˈo.zo/ [peɻ.ni.sɪˈo.zo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾ.niˈsjo.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
Adjective
pernicioso (feminine perniciosa, masculine plural perniciosos, feminine plural perniciosas, metaphonic)
- pernicious (causing harm in a subtle way)
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin perniciōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾniˈθjoso/ [peɾ.niˈθjo.so]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾniˈsjoso/ [peɾ.niˈsjo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: per‧ni‧cio‧so
Adjective
pernicioso (feminine perniciosa, masculine plural perniciosos, feminine plural perniciosas)
- damaging, harmful, pernicious
- Synonyms: dañino, perjudicial
Further reading
- “pernicioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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