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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin lactōsus. By surface analysis, leite (“milk”) + -oso (“-ous”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lejˈtoso/
- Rhymes: -oso
- Hyphenation: lei‧to‧so
Adjective
leitoso (feminine leitosa, masculine plural leitosos, feminine plural leitosas)
- milky (resembling milk in color or consistency)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “leitoso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “leitoso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese leitoso, from Latin lactōsus. By surface analysis, leite (“milk”) + -oso (“-ous”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: lei‧to‧so
Adjective
leitoso (feminine leitosa, masculine plural leitosos, feminine plural leitosas, metaphonic)
- milky (resembling milk in color or consistency)