veleno

See also: veleño

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [veˈleno]
  • Rhymes: -eno
  • Hyphenation: ve‧le‧no

Noun

veleno (accusative singular velenon, plural velenoj, accusative plural velenojn)

  1. vellum

Galician

Etymology

One way or another from Latin venēnum, but not as an inherited form. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish veneno with subsequent dissimilation of /n/. Cf. also the medieval vinino.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [beˈlenʊ]

Noun

veleno m (plural velenos)

  1. poison; venom
    Synonym: pezoña
    Home pequeno, fol de veleno (proverb)
    A small man, a sack of venom
  2. pus
    Synonym: pus

References

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin venēnum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veˈle.no/
  • Rhymes: -eno
  • Hyphenation: ve‧lé‧no

Noun

veleno m (plural veleni)

  1. poison
    Synonym: (archaic) tossico

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ? Friulian: velen
  • ? Lombard: velen
  • Maltese: velenu
  • ? Piedmontese: velen
  • Sicilian: vilenu
  • Sardinian: velenu
  • ? Venetian: vełen

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