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Esperanto
Noun
singulto (accusative singular singulton, plural singultoj, accusative plural singultojn)
- hiccup
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin singultus. Compare the inherited doublet singhiozzo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sinˈɡul.to/
- Rhymes: -ulto
- Hyphenation: sin‧gùl‧to
Noun
singulto m (plural singulti)
- hiccup
- Synonym: singhiozzo
- sob
Latin
Etymology
From or related to singultus.
Pronunciation
Verb
singultō (present infinitive singultāre, perfect active singultāvī, supine singultātum); first conjugation
- to catch the breath, gasp, sob
- to hiccup
Conjugation
- Note. Perfect forms are very rare.
Descendants
References
- “singulto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “singulto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- singulto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin singultus. Compare the inherited doublet sollozo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sinˈɡulto/
- Rhymes: -ulto
- Syllabification: sin‧gul‧to
Noun
singulto m (plural singultos)
- hiccup
- Synonym: hipo
- sob
- Synonym: sollozo
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