esterno

See also: esternò

Galician

Etymology

From New Latin sternum, from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breastbone, heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *stern- (“forehead, chest, side”).

Noun

esterno m (plural esternos)

  1. (anatomy) sternum

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈtɛr.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrno
  • Hyphenation: e‧stèr‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin externus.

Adjective

esterno (feminine esterna, masculine plural esterni, feminine plural esterne)

  1. (relational) outside, outdoor; external, outer, outside, out
    Synonyms: di fuori, esteriore, estrinseco
    Antonym: interno
  2. (sports) away
    partita esterna ― away match
Derived terms

Noun

esterno m (plural esterni)

  1. exterior, outside
    Antonym: interno
  2. (baseball) outfielder (outfield player to catch fly balls)

See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

esterno

  1. first-person singular present indicative of esternare

Further reading

  • esterno in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • esterno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • esterno in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • esterno in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • esterno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • esterno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sternum, from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breastbone, heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *stern- (“forehead, chest, side”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈtɛʁ.nu/ [isˈtɛɦ.nu], /esˈtɛʁ.nu/ [esˈtɛɦ.nu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /isˈtɛɾ.nu/, /esˈtɛɾ.nu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈtɛʁ.nu/, /eʃˈtɛʁ.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈtɛɻ.no/

  • Hyphenation: es‧ter‧no
  • Homophone: externo (Brazil)

Noun

esterno m (plural esternos)

  1. breastbone, sternum
    Hypernym: osso

Further reading

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