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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)
- diminutive of colomba: young or small dove
- (figurative) a young woman who fakes naivety and ingenuousness
- a dove-shaped skyrocket that runs along a rope setting off fireworks during the celebrations of Easter Sunday in Florence
- a dove-shaped sort of sweet Easter focaccia bread, sometimes with a hard-boiled egg in the middle
- a semolina-based preparation used as an appetizer
- (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)
- (uncountable) pigeon dung (used as fertilizer)
- (uncountable) blue limestone
- Synonyms: palombino, pietra palombina
- (botany, regional) Synonym of coridale
- name of several varieties of apples
- name of several varieties of mushrooms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
colombina f sg
- feminine singular of colombino
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kolomˈbina/
- Rhymes: -ina
- Syllabification: co‧lom‧bi‧na
Adjective
colombina f
- feminine singular of colombino
Further reading
- “colombina” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010