tomentoso

Italian

Etymology

From tomento +‎ -oso.

Adjective

tomentoso (feminine tomentosa, masculine plural tomentosi, feminine plural tomentose)

1. (botany) tomentose, tomentous

Latin

Adjective

tōmentōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tōmentōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin tōmentōsus, from tōmentum +‎ -ōsus. By surface analysis, tomento +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.mẽˈto.zu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.mẽˈto.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: to‧men‧to‧so

Adjective

tomentoso (feminine tomentosa, masculine plural tomentosos, feminine plural tomentosas, metaphonic)

1. (biology) tomentose (of a surface, covered in hairs)

Further reading

• “tomentoso”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “tomentoso”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tomentoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “tomentoso”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Adjective

tomentoso (feminine tomentosa, masculine plural tomentosos, feminine plural tomentosas)

1. tomentose

Further reading

• “tomentoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10