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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilegium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flo.riˈlɛ.d͡ʒo/
- Rhymes: -ɛdʒo
- Hyphenation: flo‧ri‧lè‧gio
Noun
florilegio m (plural florilegi)
- (dated) anthology, florilegium
- (dated, by extension) an assortment of things
- (dated, by extension, ironic) anthology; gathering, group (of things or people with a negative connotation)
- Un florilegio di insulti ― An anthology of insults
Synonyms
Further reading
- florilegio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- florilegio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- florilegio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- florilègio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- florilègio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
flōrilegiō
- dative/ablative singular of flōrilegium
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilegium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floɾiˈlexjo/
- Rhymes: -exjo
- Syllabification: flo‧ri‧le‧gio
Noun
florilegio m (plural florilegios)
- anthology
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Further reading