veleno

See also: veleño

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈleno/
• Hyphenation: ve‧le‧no
• Rhymes: -eno

Noun

veleno (accusative singular velenon, plural velenoj, accusative plural velenojn)

1. vellum

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Galician

Etymology

Attested in Old Galician as vinino. A semi-learned form from Latin venēnum (“poison”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [beˈlenʊ]

Noun

veleno m (plural velenos)

1. poison; venom

   Home pequeno, fol de veleno (proverb)

   A small man, a sack of venom

   Synonym: pezoña

2. pus
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 119:

     ffazese nas costas do Cauallo hũa door que faz jnchaço grande et geerase daquel jnchaço carnes podres, et esto ven da sella que he maa ou do gran carrego que o preme moito, et aas vezes dura moito este jnchaço, fazese ende hũa peça de carne poçoenta que chega aos osos et sal vinino ou agooa.

     There appear in the flanks of the horse an ache that produces a large swelling and that swelling creates rotten flesh, and this is because of the saddle, that is of poor quality, or from the large load that presses much, and sometimes this swelling last a long time; it then appears a piece of venomous flesh that reaches the bones and pus or water comes out

   Synonym: pus

Related terms

• velenoso

References

• “inino” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “veleno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “veleno” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “veleno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

Lambdacism (n → l) from Latin venēnum (“poison”, originally “love potion”), from Proto-Italic *wenesnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁-es-no-, from the root *wenh₁- (“to love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈle.no/, [veˈl̺eːn̺o]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: ve‧lé‧no

Noun

veleno m (plural veleni)

1. poison

   Synonym: tossico (archaic)

Derived terms

• avvelenare
• invelenire
• svelenire

 

Related terms

• velenifero
• velenoso