ébano

See also: ebano

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ebanus, from Italian ebano influencing Latin (h)ebenus, ultimately from Egyptian.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ba.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ba.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ba.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.bɐ.nu/ [ˈɛ.βɐ.nu]

• Hyphenation: é‧ba‧no

Noun

ébano m (plural ébanos)

1. ebony (wood)
2. ebony (tree)
3. ebony (colour)

Derived terms

• ebanista

Adjective

ébano (feminine ébana, masculine plural ébanos, feminine plural ébanas)

1. ebony (deep, dark black colour)

   Synonym: ebâneo

Further reading

• “ébano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ebanus, from Italian ebano influencing Latin (h)ebenus, ultimately from Egyptian. Doublet of abenuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈebano/ [ˈe.β̞a.no]

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• Rhymes: -ebano
• Syllabification: é‧ba‧no

Noun

ébano m (plural ébanos)

1. ebony

   Synonym: abenuz

Derived terms

• ebanista

 

Descendants

• → Basque: ebano
• → Tagalog: ebano

Further reading

• “ébano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10