florilegio

See also: florilégio

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilegium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flo.riˈlɛ.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdʒo
  • Hyphenation: flo‧ri‧lè‧gio

Noun

florilegio m (plural florilegi)

  1. (dated) anthology, florilegium
  2. (dated, by extension) an assortment of things
  3. (dated, by extension, ironic) anthology; gathering, group (of things or people with a negative connotation)
    Un florilegio di insulti ― An anthology of insults

Synonyms

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

flōrilegiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of flōrilegium

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilegium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /floɾiˈlexjo/ [flo.ɾiˈle.xjo]
  • Rhymes: -exjo
  • Syllabification: flo‧ri‧le‧gio

Noun

florilegio m (plural florilegios)

  1. anthology

See also

Further reading

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