pulvo
Esperanto
Etymology
From German Pulver, Italian polvere, and Latin pulvis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpulvo/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pul‧vo
Noun
pulvo (accusative singular pulvon, plural pulvoj, accusative plural pulvojn)
- powder, gunpowder
- 1905, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamento de Esperanto, Ekzercaro:
- Unu fajrero estas sufiĉa, por eksplodigi pulvon.
- One spark is sufficient, to explode gunpowder.
Derived terms
nouns
- pulvejo
- pulvoturo
- pulvujo
Related terms
- pulvoro (“powder”)
Further reading
- “pulvo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020
- “pulv”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997
- “pulvo”, in The Simple Dictionary, (Can we date this quote?)