cono

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See also: cono- and coño

English

Noun

cono (plural conos)

  1. (informal) Short for conophytum.
    • 2002, Steven A. Hammer, Dumpling and His Wife: New Views of the Genus Conophytum, page 344:
      There are forty-two conos on offer in the main 1963 catalogue […]

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos).

Noun

cono m (plural conos)

  1. (geometry) cone
  2. cone (fruit of a conifer)
  3. cone (structure in the retina)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m, from Latin cunnus m. Compare Portuguese cono m and cona f.

Noun

cono m (plural conos)

  1. Alternative form of cona f

Interjection

cono

  1. Alternative form of cona f

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos).

Pronunciation

Noun

cono m (plural coni)

  1. (geometry) cone
  2. cone (anything shaped like a cone)
  3. (zoology) any mollusk of the Conus taxonomic genus
    Hypernym: mollusco

References

  1. ^ cono in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • cono in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

cōnō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cōnus

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cunnus m.

Pronunciation

Noun

cono m (plural conos)

  1. (vulgar) cunt, cunny

Descendants

  • Galician: cona f, cono m
  • Portuguese: cona f, cono m

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cono m, from Latin cunnus m. Compare Galician cono m and cona f.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -onu
  • Hyphenation: co‧no

Noun

cono m (plural conos)

  1. (vulgar) Alternative form of cona f
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnus, from Ancient Greek κώνος (kṓnos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkono/
  • Rhymes: -ono
  • Syllabification: co‧no

Noun

cono m (plural conos)

  1. cone
    Synonym: cucurucho
  2. (botany) cone (fruit of a conifer tree)
    Synonyms: estróbilo, piña
  3. (anatomy) cone cell
  4. ice cream cone
    Synonym: barquillo
  5. cone snail, Conus.

Derived terms

Further reading

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