pernicioso
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin perniciōsus. By surface analysis, pernicie (“disaster”, “ruin”) + -oso (“-ous”, suffix denoting presence of an attribute).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /per.niˈt͡ʃo.zo/, (traditional) /per.niˈt͡ʃo.so/[1]
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: per‧ni‧ció‧so
Adjective edit
pernicioso (feminine perniciosa, masculine plural perniciosi, feminine plural perniciose, superlative perniciosissimo)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ pernicioso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
perniciōsō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin perniciōsus.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ozu
Adjective edit
pernicioso (feminine perniciosa, masculine plural perniciosos, feminine plural perniciosas, metaphonic)
- pernicious (causing harm in a subtle way)
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin perniciōsus.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /peɾniˈθjoso/ [peɾ.niˈθjo.so]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /peɾniˈsjoso/ [peɾ.niˈsjo.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: per‧ni‧cio‧so
Adjective edit
pernicioso (feminine perniciosa, masculine plural perniciosos, feminine plural perniciosas)
- damaging, harmful, pernicious
- Synonyms: dañino, perjudicial
Further reading edit
- “pernicioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014