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Italian
Etymology
From Latin fimum (“dung”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi.mo/
- Rhymes: -imo
- Hyphenation: fì‧mo
Noun
fimo m (plural fimi)
- (literary) dung, ordure
- Synonyms: letame, stabbio, sterco
1822, Ippolito Pindemonte, transl., Odissea [Odyssey], Verona: Società Tipografica Editrice, translation of Ὀδύσσεια (Odýsseia) by Homer, Libro XVII, page 506, lines 358–359:Negletto allor giacea nel molto fimo ¶ di muli, e buoi sparso alle porte innanzi, […]- At the time, it laid neglected upon the abundant dung ¶ of mules and oxen, scattered in front of the doors,
1904, Giovanni Pascoli, “La canzone del bucato”, in Primi poemetti [First short poems], Bologna: Zanichelli, published 1907, Section III, page 116:Sopra le margherite e sopra il timo ¶ stava la tela, e si vedea lì presso ¶ un canapaio nero ancor di fimo.- Upon the daisies and the thyme ¶ laid the cloth, and nearby could be seen ¶ a hemp field still blackened by the ordure.
Latin
Noun
fimō
- dative/ablative singular of fimus
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Aragonese fiemo, from Latin fimum (“dung”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfimo/
- Rhymes: -imo
- Syllabification: fi‧mo
Noun
fimo m (plural fimos)
- dung
- Synonym: estiércol
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