veleno

See also: veleño

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [veˈleno]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: ve‧le‧no

Noun

veleno (accusative singular velenon, plural velenoj, accusative plural velenojn)

1. vellum

Galician

Alternative forms

• veriño
• veneno (reintegrationist)

Etymology

One way or another from Latin venēnum, but not as an inherited form. Possibly borrowed from Portuguese or Spanish veneno with subsequent dissimilation of /n/. Cf. also the medieval vinino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈleno/ [beˈle.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: ve‧le‧no

Noun

veleno m (plural velenos)

1. poison; venom

   Synonym: pezoña

   Home pequeno, fol de veleno (proverb)

   A small man, a sack of venom

2. pus

   Synonym: pus

Related terms

• velenoso

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vinino”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “veleno”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “veleno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “veleno”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “veleno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “veleno”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “veleno” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin venēnum. The first n was analogically changed to "l"; a more logical discendent would be veneno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veˈle.no/
• Rhymes: -eno
• Hyphenation: ve‧lé‧no

Noun

veleno m (plural veleni)

1. poison

   Synonym: (archaic) tossico

Derived terms

• avvelenare
• invelenire
• svelenire

 

Related terms

• velenifero
• velenoso

 

Descendants

• →? Friulian: velen
• →? Lombard: velen
• → Maltese: velenu
• →? Piedmontese: velen
• → Sicilian: vilenu
• → Sardinian: velenu
• →? Venetan: vełen

Anagrams

• nevole