vitelo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitellus.

Noun

vitelo (plural viteli)

  1. yolk (of an egg), vitellus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vitellus.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈte.lu/, /viˈtɛ.lu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈte.lo/, /viˈtɛ.lo/
 

  • Hyphenation: vi‧tel‧lo

Noun

vitelo m (plural vitelos, feminine vitela, feminine plural vitelas)

  1. calf (young bull)
    Synonyms: bezerro, novilho, almalho, vítulo, tenreiro, terneiro

Noun

vitelo m (plural vitelos)

  1. (biology) vitellus, egg yolk
    Synonym: gema

References

  1. ^ “vitelo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “vitelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitellus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biˈtelo/ [biˈt̪e.lo]
  • Rhymes: -elo
  • Syllabification: vi‧te‧lo

Noun

vitelo m (plural vitelos)

  1. vitellus

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.