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English
Etymology
From Spanish.
Noun
orlo (plural orlos)
- (archaic) A Spanish wind instrument, possibly a crumhorn.
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *orulus, diminutive of ōra.
Noun
orlo m (plural orli, diminutive orlétto or orlìno, augmentative orlóne, pejorative orlàccio)
- border, edge, margin, brink, verge; the milled edge of a coin
- Synonyms: margine, bordo, estremità, confine
- La società è sull'orlo del fallimento. ― The company is on the verge of bankruptcy.
- riempiere la brocca fino all'orlo ― to fill the jug to the brim
- hem, hemline, welt, cuff (of clothes)
- (heraldry) orle
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
orlo
- first-person singular present indicative of orlare
Further reading
- orlo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- orlo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- orlo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- orlo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- órlo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- órlo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Portuguese
Verb
orlo
- first-person singular present indicative of orlar
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
orlo
- first-person singular present indicative of orlar
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