tombolo

See also: tómbolo and tombolò

English

A tombolo of washed-up sand connected Spain’s Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera (top) to mainland Morocco (bottom) after a storm in 1934

Etymology

From Italian tombolo (“pillow”), from Latin tumulus (“mound”), from tumeō (“I swell”). Doublet of tumulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɒmˈbəʊləʊ/

Noun

tombolo (plural tombolos)

1. (geography) A spit of sand linking an island to the mainland (or to another island), formed by longshore drift.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin tumulus (“mound”), from tumeō (“to swell”).

Noun

tombolo m (plural tomboli)

1. lace pillow or cushion
2. a podgy person

Descendants

• → Catalan: tómbol
• → English: tombolo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tombolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tombolare