bulbo
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bulbo (accusative singular bulbon, plural bulboj, accusative plural bulbojn)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).
Noun edit
bulbo m (plural bulbos)
- bulb (of a plant)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).
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Noun edit
bulbo m (plural bulbi)
- bulb
- ball, globe
- light bulb, light globe
- breakwater ((nautical) a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship)
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Latin edit
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bulbō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bul‧bo
Noun edit
bulbo m (plural bulbos)
- bulb (object that is spherical at one end and tapering at the other)
- (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root portion of a plant)
- Synonym: bolbo
- the glass envelope of a light bulb
- (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root portion of a plant)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bulbo m (plural bulbos)
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Further reading edit
- “bulbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014