agapanto
Italian
Noun
agapanto m (plural agapanti)
- African lily (of genus Agapanthus)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡaˈpɐ̃.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡaˈpɐ̃.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡɐˈpɐ̃.tu/ [ɐ.ɣɐˈpɐ̃.tu]
- Hyphenation: a‧ga‧pan‧to
Noun
agapanto m (plural agapantos)
- agapanthus (any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants)
Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē, “love, affection”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡaˈpanto/ [a.ɣ̞aˈpãn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -anto
- Syllabification: a‧ga‧pan‧to
Noun
agapanto m (plural agapantos)
- agapanthus (any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants, especially the African lily)
Further reading
- “agapanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024