singulto

• IPA^(key): /sinˈɡulto/
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: sin‧gul‧to

singulto (accusative singular singulton, plural singultoj, accusative plural singultojn)

1. hiccup

Learned borrowing from Latin singultus. Compare the inherited doublet singhiozzo.

• IPA^(key): /sinˈɡul.to/
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Hyphenation: sin‧gùl‧to

singulto m (plural singulti)

1. hiccup

   Synonym: singhiozzo

2. sob

From or related to singultus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sɪŋˈɡʊɫ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [siŋˈɡul̪.t̪o]

singultō (present infinitive singultāre, perfect active singultāvī, supine singultātum); first conjugation

1. to catch the breath, gasp, sob
2. to hiccup

• Note. Perfect forms are very rare.

• singultiō

• “singulto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “singulto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• singulto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Learned borrowing from Latin singultus. Compare the inherited doublet sollozo.

• IPA^(key): /sinˈɡulto/ [sĩŋˈɡul̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ulto
• Syllabification: sin‧gul‧to

singulto m (plural singultos)

1. hiccup

   Synonym: hipo

2. sob

   Synonym: sollozo

• “singulto”, 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