colombina

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See also: Colombina

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.lomˈbi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: co‧lom‧bì‧na

Etymology 1

From colomba (dove) +‎ -ina (diminutive suffix).

Noun

colombina f (plural colombine)

  1. diminutive of colomba: young or small dove
  2. (figurative) a young woman who fakes naivety and ingenuousness
  3. a dove-shaped skyrocket that runs along a rope setting off fireworks during the celebrations of Easter Sunday in Florence
  4. a dove-shaped sort of sweet Easter focaccia bread, sometimes with a hard-boiled egg in the middle
  5. a semolina-based preparation used as an appetizer
  6. (historical, regional) name of various coins with doves or other similar birds depicted on them

Etymology 2

Noun use of the feminine form of the adjective colombino (of a dove, dovish).

Noun

colombina f (plural colombine)

  1. (uncountable) pigeon dung (used as fertilizer)
  2. (uncountable) blue limestone
    Synonyms: palombino, pietra palombina
  3. (botany, regional) Synonym of coridale
  4. name of several varieties of apples
  5. name of several varieties of mushrooms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

colombina f sg

  1. feminine singular of colombino

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kolomˈbina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: co‧lom‧bi‧na

Adjective

colombina f

  1. feminine singular of colombino

Further reading

  • colombina” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010