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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēsculentus, derived from ēsca (“food; bait”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.skuˈlɛn.to/
- Rhymes: -ɛnto
- Hyphenation: e‧scu‧lèn‧to
Adjective
esculento (feminine esculenta, masculine plural esculenti, feminine plural esculente)
- (literary, especially of plants) esculent, edible
- Synonyms: commestibile, (uncommon) edule, mangereccio, mangiabile
- Antonym: (uncommon) incommestibile
Latin
Adjective
ēsculentō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ēsculentus