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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin scalēnus, from Ancient Greek σκᾰληνός (skalēnós, “uneven, unequal, scalene”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skaˈlɛ.no/
- Rhymes: -ɛno
- Hyphenation: sca‧lè‧no
Adjective
scaleno (feminine scalena, masculine plural scaleni, feminine plural scalene)
- (geometry) scalene
- (anatomy) scalene, scalenus
Noun
scaleno m (plural scaleni)
- (anatomy) scalenus
- Synonym: muscolo scaleno
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