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Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
rostro (accusative singular rostro, plural rostro, accusative plural rostro)
- trunk, proboscis (as of an elephant)
- (general) snout
- beak (of an insect)
- (antiquity) beak of a ship
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese rostro, from Latin rōstrum.
Pronunciation
Noun
rostro m (plural rostros)
- face
- Synonyms: cara, face, faciana
- plough's shoe
- Synonyms: destal, rastro
References
- “rostro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rostro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “rostro” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rostro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rostro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English rostrum, French rostre, Italian rostro, Russian ро́стр (róstr), Spanish rostro, all ultimately from Latin rōstrum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈros.tro/, /ˈɾɔs.tɾɔ/
Noun
rostro (plural rostri)
- (general) any beaklike extension
- (national, historical) bill
- beak (of an insect)
- trunk, proboscis (as of an elephant)
- (botany) prolonged rigid process
- (antiquity) beak of a ship; rostrum in a forum
Italian
Etymology
From Latin rostrum.
Noun
rostro m (plural rostri)
- rostrum
- (nautical) ram, beak
- bill, beak (of a bird)
- nib
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
rōstrō
- dative/ablative singular of rōstrum
Old Galician-Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
rostro m (plural rostros)
- Alternative form of rosto
- 1437, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 127:
- Pero Ares d'Aldãa, tenente lugar ẽna dita billa e torres dela por noso señor o arçebispo de Santiago dom Lopo, e Pero Falcon, juis, Juan Garçia Rouquo, Lourenço Yanes de Pastoris, alcaldes, Alvaro Lopes, Garçia Goterres, Afonso Basques, Fernan Basques, jurados, Pero de Plazer, procurador do dito Conçello, diseron que por rason que algũus mercadores e suas mercadorias e navios se temian e reçeavan de vĩir a esta dita billa e seu porto con as ditas suas mercadorias e navios, entendendo de seer prendados e penorados por las mercadorias que Gonçalvo Correa tomara eno dito porto e levara ẽna barcha chamada per nome "Rostro Fremoso"
- Pedro Ares de Aldán, lieutenant in this town and it's towers on behalf of our lord the archbishop of Santiado Don Lopo; Xoán Garcia Rouco, Lourenzo Yanes de Pastoriza, mayors; Álvaro López, Garcia Gotérrez, Afonso Vázquez, Fernán Vázquez, councilors; Pedro de Placer, town agent; they said that since certain merchants and their goods and ships feared and distrusted coming to this town and harbor with their mentioned goods and ships, believing that they would be seized and confiscated because of the trade goods that Gonzalo Correa took at this harbor and carried away in the ship named "Beauty Face";
References
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish rostro, inherited from Latin rōstrum.
Pronunciation
Noun
rostro m (plural rostros)
- (anatomy) face (the front part of the head)
- Synonyms: cara, haz
Derived terms
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