sileno

See also: Sileno and síleno

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈleno/
• Rhymes: -eno

Etymology 1

Noun

sileno (plural sileni)

1. catchfly
2. campion (Silene spp. etc.)

Etymology 2

Noun

sileno (plural sileni)

1. (organic chemistry) silene

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Sīlēnus, from Ancient Greek Σειληνός (Seilēnós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈlɛ.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛno
• Hyphenation: si‧lè‧no

Noun

sileno m (plural sileni)

1. (Greek mythology) a human being with equine attributes (usually the ears and tail, sometimes the legs)
2. (zoology) lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)

   Synonym: vanderù

Further reading

• sileno in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• sileno in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• silèno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• silèno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• lesino, lesinò, linose

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Sīlēnus, from Ancient Greek Σειληνός (Seilēnós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈleno/ [siˈle.no]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: si‧le‧no

Noun

sileno m (plural silenos)

1. silene

Further reading

• “sileno”, 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