unguento

See also: unguentò and ungüento

Interlingua

Noun

unguento (plural unguentos)

1. salve

Italian

Etymology

Derived from Latin unguentum (“ointment, unguent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unˈɡwɛn.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto
• Hyphenation: un‧guèn‧to

Noun

unguento m (plural unguenti)

1. ointment, unguent, salve
2. (obsolete, rare, figurative) remedy

Derived terms

• unguentaceo
• unguentaio

Related terms

• unguentare
• unguentario

Latin

Noun

unguentō

1. dative/ablative singular of unguentum

References

• “unguento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• unguento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ungüento (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Derived from Latin unguentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ũˈɡwẽ.tu/

• Hyphenation: un‧guen‧to

Noun

unguento m (plural unguentos)

1. unguent (a cream containing medicine)

Related terms

• ungir