agapanto

Italian

Noun

agapanto m (plural agapanti)

1. African lily (of genus Agapanthus)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈpɐ̃.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈpɐ̃.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡaˈpɐ̃.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡɐˈpɐ̃.tu/ [ɐ.ɣɐˈpɐ̃.tu]

• Hyphenation: a‧ga‧pan‧to

Noun

agapanto m (plural agapantos)

1. agapanthus (any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants)

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē, “love, affection”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡaˈpanto/ [a.ɣ̞aˈpãn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧pan‧to

Noun

agapanto m (plural agapantos)

1. agapanthus (any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants, especially the African lily)

Further reading

• “agapanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28