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Galician
Etymology
From Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iŋkiˈlino/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: in‧qui‧li‧no
Noun
inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)
- tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)
- Synonyms: alugueiro, arrendatario, locatario, rendeiro
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquilīnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.kwiˈli.no/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Hyphenation: in‧qui‧lì‧no
Noun
inquilino m (plural inquilini, feminine inquilina)
- tenant, occupant
Derived terms
Further reading
- inquilino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- inquilino in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
inquilīnus (“tenant”) + -ō (1st conjugation verbal suffix)
Verb
inquilīnō (present infinitive inquilīnāre, perfect active inquilīnāvī, supine inquilīnātum); first conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) to be a tenant
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “inquilino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inquilino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
inquilīnō m
- dative/ablative singular of inquilīnus
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.kiˈli.nu/, /ĩ.kɨˈli.nu/, (with elision) /ĩˈkli.nu/
Noun
inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)
- tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)
- (biology) inquiline (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another animal)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inkiˈlino/
- Rhymes: -ino
- Syllabification: in‧qui‧li‧no
Noun
inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)
- tenant, renter, lessee
- tenant farmer
Derived terms
Further reading