colombino
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin columbīnus (“dove-like”).
Adjective edit
colombino (feminine colombina, masculine plural colombini, feminine plural colombine)
Noun edit
colombino m (uncountable)
- Synonym of colombina (“pigeon dung”)
Etymology 2 edit
From colombo (“dove”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
colombino m (plural colombini)
- Synonym of mignattino (“black tern”)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
colombino (feminine colombina, masculine plural colombinos, feminine plural colombinas)
- (relational) of Christopher Columbus; Columbus's; Columbian (of or relating to Christopher Columbus)
Further reading edit
- “colombino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014