numeroso
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin numerōsus. By surface analysis, numero + -oso. Compare novero.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /nu.meˈro.zo/, (traditional) /nu.meˈro.so/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: nu‧me‧ró‧so
AdjectiveEdit
numeroso (feminine numerosa, masculine plural numerosi, feminine plural numerose, superlative numerosissimo)
- numerous; (singular) large, big; (plural) many, several
- Synonyms: grande, grosso, innumerevole, innumerevoli, molto, molti, parecchio, parecchi
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LatinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
numerōsō
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin numerōsus, from numerus (“number”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to assign, allot; take”). By surface analysis, número + -oso.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ozu
AdjectiveEdit
numeroso (feminine numerosa, masculine plural numerosos, feminine plural numerosas, metaphonic)
- numerous (indefinitely large numerically)
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SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin numerōsus; equivalent to número + -oso.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
numeroso (feminine numerosa, masculine plural numerosos, feminine plural numerosas, superlative numerosísimo)
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Further readingEdit
- “numeroso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014