istmo

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (ĭsthmós, neck).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈist.mo/, /ˈiz.mo/
  • Rhymes: -istmo, -izmo
  • Hyphenation: ìst‧mo

Noun

istmo m (plural istmi)

  1. (geography) isthmus (narrow strip of land)
  2. (by extension, meteorology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  3. (anatomy) isthmus

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (ĭsthmós, neck).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈis.t͡ʃi.mu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈiʃ.t͡ʃi.mu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈis.t͡ʃi.mo/

  • Hyphenation: ist‧mo

Noun

istmo m (plural istmos)

  1. (anatomy, geography) isthmus

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (ĭsthmós, neck).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈisdmo/ [ˈizð̞.mo]
    • Rhymes: -isdmo
    • Syllabification: ist‧mo
  • IPA(key): /ˈismo/ [ˈiz.mo]
    • Rhymes: -ismo

Noun

istmo m (plural istmos)

  1. (geography) isthmus (narrow strip of land)
  2. (anatomy) isthmus (a narrow part connecting two structures)

Derived terms

Further reading