inquilino

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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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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) +‎ (1st conjugation verbal suffix)

Verb

inquilīnō (present infinitive inquilīnāre, perfect active inquilīnāvī, supine inquilīnātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. (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

  1. 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)

  1. tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)
  2. (biology) inquiline (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another animal)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inquilīnus (tenant, lodger).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inkiˈlino/
  • Audio (Mexico):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: in‧qui‧li‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

  1. tenant, renter, lessee
  2. tenant farmer

Derived terms

Further reading