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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin magnus, from Proto-Italic *magnos, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, derived from *méǵh₂s (“big; great”).
Adjective
magno (feminine magna, masculine plural magni, feminine plural magne)
- (archaic, literary) great, mighty
- Synonym: grande
c. 1316–1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 49–51; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:E seguì: «Grato e lontano digiuno, / tratto leggendo del magno volume / du’ non si muta mai bianco né bruno- And it continued: "Long and grateful hunger, drawn from the reading of the great volume where neither white nor black ever changes
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Further reading
- magno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
magno
- (transitive, slang, regional, central-southern Italy) first-person singular present indicative of magnare
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Latin
Adjective
magnō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of magnus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin magnus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡi.nu/, /ˈmaɡ.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaɡ.no/, /ˈma.ɡi.no/
Adjective
magno (feminine magna, masculine plural magnos, feminine plural magnas)
- great
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin magnus. Doublet of maño, a better-adapted borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaɡno/
- Rhymes: -aɡno
- Syllabification: mag‧no
Adjective
magno (feminine magna, masculine plural magnos, feminine plural magnas)
- great
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