mucoso
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus.
Adjective
mucoso (feminine mucosa, masculine plural mucosi, feminine plural mucose)
Related terms
- membrana mucosa, tonaca mucosa
- muco
- mucosità
Latin
Adjective
mūcōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mūcōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈko.zu/
- Hyphenation: mu‧co‧so
Adjective
mucoso (feminine mucosa, masculine plural mucosos, feminine plural mucosas, metaphonic)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mucoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus. Compare mocoso, possibly an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muˈkoso/ [muˈko.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: mu‧co‧so
Adjective
mucoso (feminine mucosa, masculine plural mucosos, feminine plural mucosas)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mucoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024