villoso

Italian

Alternative forms

• velloso (rare, literary)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin villōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vilˈlo.zo/, (traditional) /vilˈlo.so/
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: vil‧ló‧so

Adjective

villoso (feminine villosa, masculine plural villosi, feminine plural villose)

1. hairy

   Synonym: peloso

2. (anatomy, botany) villous

Related terms

• villo
• villosità

Further reading

• villoso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• villoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• villoso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• villoso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• villoso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• villoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯ilˈloː.soː/, [u̯ɪlˈlʲoːs̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vilˈlo.so/, [vilˈlɔːs̬o]

Adjective

villōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of villōsus