bulbo

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Noun

bulbo (accusative singular bulbon, plural bulboj, accusative plural bulbojn)

  1. bulb (of a plant, e.g. of an onion or tulip).
  2. onion (see also cepo)

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

  1. bulb (of a plant)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbul.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ulbo
  • Hyphenation: bùl‧bo

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbi)

  1. bulb
  2. ball, globe
  3. light bulb, light globe
  4. breakwater ((nautical) a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship)

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Latin

Noun

bulbō

  1. dative/ablative singular of bulbus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: bul‧bo

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

  1. bulb (object that is spherical at one end and tapering at the other)
    1. (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root portion of a plant)
      Synonym: bolbo
    2. the glass envelope of a light bulb

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Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbulbo/
  • Rhymes: -ulbo
  • Syllabification: bul‧bo

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

  1. (botany) bulb
  2. (electronics) vacuum tube

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