leitoso

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lactōsus. By surface analysis, leite (“milk”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

• IPA^(key): /lejˈtoso/ [lejˈt̪o.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Hyphenation: lei‧to‧so

leitoso (feminine leitosa, masculine plural leitosos, feminine plural leitosas)

1. milky (resembling milk in color or consistency)

• leite

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “leitoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “leitoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Old Galician-Portuguese leitoso, from Latin lactōsus. By surface analysis, leite (“milk”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: lei‧to‧so

leitoso (feminine leitosa, masculine plural leitosos, feminine plural leitosas, metaphonic)

1. milky (resembling milk in color or consistency)

• leite