squalide

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, borrowed from Latin squālidus.

Adjective

squalide (plural squalides)

  1. squalid; dirty; filthy

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From translingual Squalidae, from the name of the genus Squalus, from Latin squālus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskwa.li.de/
  • Rhymes: -alide
  • Hyphenation: squà‧li‧de

Noun

squalide m (plural squalidi)

  1. (ichthyology) any member of the Squalidae taxonomic family

Further reading

  • squalide in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Adjective

squālide

  1. vocative masculine singular of squālidus

References

  • squalide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • squalide”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • squalide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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