cono

See also: cono- and coño

English

Noun

cono (plural conos)

1. (informal) Short for conophytum.
   • 2002, Steven A. Hammer, Dumpling and His Wife: New Views of the Genus Conophytum, page 344:

     There are forty-two conos on offer in the main 1963 catalogue […]

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos).

Noun

cono m (plural conos)

1. (geometry) cone
2. cone (fruit of a conifer)
3. cone (structure in the retina)

Related terms

• cónico

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m, from Latin cunnus m. Compare Portuguese cono m and cona f.

Noun

cono m (plural conos)

1. Alternative form of cona f

Interjection

cono

1. Alternative form of cona f

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.no/
• Rhymes: -ɔno
• Hyphenation: cò‧no

Noun

cono m (plural coni)

1. (geometry) cone
2. cone (anything shaped like a cone)
3. (zoology) any mollusk of the Conus taxonomic genus

   Hypernym: mollusco

Related terms

• conico

Further reading

• cono in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

cōnō

1. dative/ablative singular of cōnus

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cunnus m.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ono

Noun

cono m (plural conos)

1. (vulgar) cunt, cunny

Descendants

• Galician: cona f, cono m
• Portuguese: cona f, cono m

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "cono"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m, from Latin cunnus m. Compare Galician cono m and cona f.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈko.nu/

• Rhymes: -onu
• Hyphenation: co‧no

Noun

cono m (plural conos)

1. (vulgar) Alternative form of cona f

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κώνος (kṓnos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkono/ [ˈko.no]
• Rhymes: -ono
• Syllabification: co‧no

Noun

cono m (plural conos)

1. cone

   Synonym: cucurucho

2. (botany) cone (fruit of a conifer tree)

   Synonyms: estróbilo, piña

3. (anatomy) cone cell
4. ice cream cone

   Synonym: barquillo

5. cone snail, Conus.

Derived terms

• cono de ceniza
• cono de escoria
• cono de luz
• cono de sombra
• Cono Sur

 

Related terms

• cónico

 

Further reading

• “cono”, 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