melolonta

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῆλολόνθῆ (mêlolónthê, literally “fruit destroyer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.loˈlon.ta/
• Rhymes: -onta
• Hyphenation: me‧lo‧lón‧ta

Noun

melolonta f (plural melolonte)

1. cockchafer (of genus Melolontha)

   Synonym: (more common) maggiolino

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.loˈlõ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.loˈlõ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.loˈlõ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.luˈlõ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: me‧lo‧lon‧ta

Noun

melolonta f (plural melolontas)

1. cockchafer (beetle of genus Melolontha)

Spanish

Noun

melolonta f (plural melolontas)

1. cockchafer

Further reading

• “melolonta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014