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

Related terms

• velenoso

References

• “vinino” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “veleno” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “veleno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “veleno” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “veleno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

• avvelenare
• invelenire
• svelenire

 

Related terms

• velenifero
• velenoso

 

Descendants

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

Anagrams

• nevole