Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin pulchrum.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpul.kro/
  • Rhymes: -ulkro
  • Hyphenation: pùl‧cro

Adjective edit

pulcro (feminine pulcra, masculine plural pulcri, feminine plural pulcre)

  1. (archaic, literary) beautiful, fair
    Synonym: bello
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto VII, p. 111, vv. 58-60:
      «[...] Mal dare e mal tener lo mondo pulcro ¶ ha tolto loro, e posti a questa zuffa: ¶ qual ella sia, parole non ci appulcro. [...]»
      «[...] Ill giving and ill keeping the fair world ¶ have ta'en from them, and placed them in this scuffle; ¶ whate'er it be, no words adorn I for it. [...]»

Latin edit

Adjective edit

pulcrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of pulcer

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin pulchrum.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpuw.kɾu/ [ˈpuʊ̯.kɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpuw.kɾo/ [ˈpuʊ̯.kɾo]

  • Hyphenation: pul‧cro

Adjective edit

pulcro (feminine pulcra, masculine plural pulcros, feminine plural pulcras)

  1. (poetic) pretty, neat

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin pulchrum, accusative form of pulcher.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpulkɾo/ [ˈpul.kɾo]
  • Rhymes: -ulkɾo
  • Syllabification: pul‧cro

Adjective edit

pulcro (feminine pulcra, masculine plural pulcros, feminine plural pulcras)

  1. tidy, neat
  2. (poetic) pretty, beautiful

Further reading edit