virino

English

Noun

virino (plural virinos)

1. (biology) A hypothetical infectious particle, consisting of nucleic acids in a protective coat of host cell proteins, once theorized to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system.

Anagrams

• virion

Esperanto

Etymology

From viro (“man”) +‎ -ino (“female”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [viˈrino]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: vi‧ri‧no

Noun

virino (accusative singular virinon, plural virinoj, accusative plural virinojn)

1. woman

   Synonym: ino

   Antonym: viro

   La virino amas la viron.

   The woman loves the man.

   Tiu virino belegas, ĉu vi ne konsentas?

   That woman is gorgeous, don't you agree?

Hypernyms

• homo (“human being”)
• persono (“person”)

Derived terms

• virina

See also

• femino
• homino (“female human being”)
• ino (“female”, noun)

Italian

Verb

virino

1. inflection of virare:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• rinvio, rinviò, rovini