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Galician
Adjective
eritreo (feminine eritrea, masculine plural eritreos, feminine plural eritreas)
- Eritrean
Noun
eritreo m (plural eritreos, feminine eritrea, feminine plural eritreas)
- Eritrean
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.riˈtrɛ.o/
- Rhymes: -ɛo
- Hyphenation: e‧ri‧trè‧o
Etymology 1
From Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), as it was used in Erythraeum mare (“the Erythraean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
Adjective
eritreo (feminine eritrea, masculine plural eritrei, feminine plural eritree)
- Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)
- il mare Eritreo ― the Erythraean Sea
- la Colonia eritrea ― Italian Eritrea (literally, “the Erythraean colony”)
- Eritrean (of or relating to independent Eritrea)
Noun
eritreo m (plural eritrei, feminine eritrea)
- Eritrean (native or inhabitant of Eritrea) (male or of unspecified gender)
Etymology 2
From Latin Erythraeus, from Erythrae + -eus; morphologically Eritre + -eo.
Adjective
eritreo (feminine eritrea, masculine plural eritrei, feminine plural eritree)
- Erythraean (of or relating to Erythrae, Beotia)
- Erythraean (of or relating to Erythrae, Ionia)
- la Sibilla Eritrea ― the Erythraean Sibyl
Noun
eritreo m (plural eritrei, feminine eritrea)
- Erythraean (native or inhabitant of Erythrae, Boeotia) (male or of unspecified gender)
- Erythraean (native or inhabitant of Erythrae, Ionia) (male or of unspecified gender)
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɾiˈtɾeo/
- Rhymes: -eo
- Syllabification: e‧ri‧tre‧o
Adjective
eritreo (feminine eritrea, masculine plural eritreos, feminine plural eritreas)
- Eritrean
Noun
eritreo m (plural eritreos, feminine eritrea, feminine plural eritreas)
- Eritrean
Further reading