mucoso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus.

Adjective

mucoso (feminine mucosa, masculine plural mucosi, feminine plural mucose)

1. mucous

Related terms

• membrana mucosa, tonaca mucosa
• muco
• mucosità

 

Latin

Adjective

mūcōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mūcōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈko.zu/

• Hyphenation: mu‧co‧so

Adjective

mucoso (feminine mucosa, masculine plural mucosos, feminine plural mucosas, metaphonic)

1. mucous

Related terms

• muco

Further reading

• “mucoso” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus. Compare mocoso, possibly an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈkoso/ [muˈko.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: mu‧co‧so

Adjective

mucoso (feminine mucosa, masculine plural mucosos, feminine plural mucosas)

1. mucous

Derived terms

• membrana mucosa
• mucosidad

 

Further reading

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