tineo

See also: Tineo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tinea (noxious larva), semantically influenced by translingual Tinea, a genus of moths. Compare French teigne, Italian tigna (ringworm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈneo/
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  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Hyphenation: ti‧ne‧o

Noun

tineo (accusative singular tineon, plural tineoj, accusative plural tineojn)

  1. moth
    Synonym: noktopapilio

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

tineō (present infinitive tineāre, perfect active tineāvī, supine tineātum); first conjugation

  1. to be infested by moths (or their maggots)

Conjugation

References

  • tineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈneo/ [t̪iˈne.o]
  • Rhymes: -eo
  • Syllabification: ti‧ne‧o

Noun

tineo m (plural tineos)

  1. A South American tree, Weinmannia trichosperma.

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