istmo
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istmo
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck”).
Pronunciation
Noun
istmo m (plural istmi)
- (geography) isthmus (narrow strip of land)
- (by extension, meteorology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}. - (anatomy) isthmus
Derived terms
Further reading
- istmo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- istmo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- istmo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- istmo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ìstmo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- istmo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- istmo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ist‧mo
Noun
istmo m (plural istmos)
Related terms
Further reading
- “istmo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “istmo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “istmo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “istmo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “istmo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “istmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck”).
Pronunciation
Noun
istmo m (plural istmos)
- (geography) isthmus (narrow strip of land)
- (anatomy) isthmus (a narrow part connecting two structures)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “istmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16