lanoso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lānōsus. By surface analysis, lana +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈno.zo/
• Rhymes: -ozo
• Hyphenation: la‧nó‧so

Adjective

lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosi, feminine plural lanose)

1. covered in wool

   Synonym: lanuto

2. (by extension) lanate (covered in woolly hairs)
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto III”, in Inferno‎^[1], lines 97–99; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Quinci fuor quete le lanose gote
     al nocchier de la livida palude,
     che ’ntorno a li occhi avea di fiamme rote.

     Henceforth went quiet the lanate cheeks of the black swamp's helmsman, who had circles of flames around his eyes.

3. (botany) lanate

   Synonym: lanato

4. woolly (having a wool-like texture or appearance)

Related terms

• lana
• lanosità

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• saloon

Latin

Adjective

lānōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lānōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lānōsus. By surface analysis, lã (“wool”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈno.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈno.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈno.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈno.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: la‧no‧so

Adjective

lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosos, feminine plural lanosas, metaphonic)

1. woolly (made of wool)
2. woolly (having much wool)
3. woolly (similar to wool in appearance or texture)

Related terms

• lã

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lānōsus. Equivalent to lana +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈnoso/ [laˈno.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: la‧no‧so

Adjective

lanoso (feminine lanosa, masculine plural lanosos, feminine plural lanosas)

1. woolly

Related terms

• lana

 

Further reading

• “lanoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28