esculento

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēsculentus, derived from ēsca (“food; bait”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /es.kuˈlɛn.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
  • Hyphenation: e‧scu‧lèn‧to

Adjective

esculento (feminine esculenta, masculine plural esculenti, feminine plural esculente)

  1. (literary, especially of plants) esculent, edible
    Synonyms: commestibile, (uncommon) edule, mangereccio, mangiabile
    Antonym: (uncommon) incommestibile

Latin

Adjective

ēsculentō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ēsculentus
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