zigomo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῠ́γωμᾰ (zúgōma).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ziˈɡomo]
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  • Rhymes: -omo
  • Hyphenation: zi‧go‧mo

Noun

zigomo (accusative singular zigomon, plural zigomoj, accusative plural zigomojn)

  1. (anatomy) zygoma (the cheekbone)[1]
    Synonym: vangosto

References
  1. Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda (1970) Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto (in Esperanto), 3 edition, Paris, published 1987, →ISBN, page 1210: “Ĉiu el la du ostoj de la vizaĝo inter la vangoj k la orbitoj (os zigmaticum).”

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζύγωμα (zúgōma), from ζυγόν (zugón, “yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zi.ɡo.mo/
  • Rhymes: -iɡomo
  • Hyphenation: zì‧go‧mo

Noun

zigomo m (plural zigomi)

  1. (anatomy) cheekbone
    Synonyms: osso zigomatico, osso malare, malare
  • zigomi sporgenti (“high cheekbones”)

Further reading
  • zigomo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • zigomo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • zigomo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • zigomo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • zìgomo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • żìgomo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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