pulvo
Appearance
Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Pulver, Italian polvere, and Latin pulvis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pulvo (accusative singular pulvon, plural pulvoj, accusative plural pulvojn)
- powder, gunpowder
- 1905, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamento de Esperanto, Ekzercaro:
- Unu fajrero estas sufiĉa, por eksplodigi pulvon.
- One spark is sufficient, to explode gunpowder.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- pulvoro (“powder”)
Further reading
[edit]- “pulvo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020
- “pulv”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997