llano
See also: Llano
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish llano. Doublet of piano, plain, and plane.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
llano (plural llanos)
- (Texas) A plain or steppe in parts of Latin America.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 442:
- “For this,” said El Espinero, with an economical slide of his hand indicating all the visible circumference of the cruel llano.
References edit
- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
- ^ “llano”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “llano”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
llano
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin plānus. Compare the borrowed doublet plano. Cognate with Galician chan and Portuguese chão.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: lla‧no
Adjective edit
llano (feminine llana, masculine plural llanos, feminine plural llanas)
- even, flat, level
- plain
- straightforward
- (phonetics) paroxytone (penultimate accented)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: lhano
Noun edit
llano m (plural llanos)
- plain (an open, grassy, mostly treeless land)
Descendants edit
- → English: llano
Further reading edit
- “llano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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