Lamborghini

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlæm.bə(ɹ).ɡi.ni/
  • Rhymes: -iːni

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian Lamborghini.

Proper noun

Lamborghini (plural Lamborghinis)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Etymology 2

From Ferruccio Lamborghini, creator of Lamborghini.

Proper noun

Lamborghini

  1. An Italian motor car manufacturer, originating as a tractor company, now a subsidiary of Audi.

Noun

Lamborghini (plural Lamborghinis)

  1. A motor car manufactured by the Lamborghini company.
    He took the girls for a ride in his Lamborghini.
    • 2021 April 1, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Sales of Bentleys and Lamborghinis are booming because rich people are bored”, in CNN[1]:
      Lamborghini, meanwhile, had its most profitable year ever in 2020 and its second best sales year in the brand’s history. Only in 2019 were more Lamborghinis sold.
    • 2021 July 7, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Lamborghini and Lotus unveil last gasoline-only supercars”, in CNN[2]:
      While there will be more V12 Lamborghini models in the future, they will be plug-in hybrids, the Italian supercar manufacturer said.
Derived terms
Translations

Italian

Etymology

A compound of Germanic *landą ("land") or *lambaz ("lamb") + *burgz ("fortified city").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lam.borˈɡi.ni/
  • Rhymes: -ini
  • Hyphenation: Lam‧bor‧ghì‧ni

Proper noun

Lamborghini m or f by sense

  1. a surname