promontorio

See also: promontório

Italian

Etymology

From Latin prōmunturium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro.monˈtɔ.rjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrjo
• Hyphenation: pro‧mon‧tò‧rio

Noun

promontorio m (plural promontori)

1. promontory (both senses)
2. (meteorology) ridge

Further reading

• promontorio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

prōmontoriō

1. dative/ablative singular of prōmontorium

Portuguese

Noun

promontorio m (plural promontorios)

1. Obsolete spelling of promontório.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin promontorium.

Noun

promontorio m (plural promontorios)

1. promontory, headland
   • 2015 September 25, “La caza del león”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Las hembras y los cachorros descansan saciados y relajados en los promontorios rocosos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “promontorio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16