singulto

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Noun

singulto (accusative singular singulton, plural singultoj, accusative plural singultojn)

  1. 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)

  1. hiccup
    Synonym: singhiozzo
  2. sob

Latin

Etymology

From or related to singultus.

Pronunciation

Verb

singultō (present infinitive singultāre, perfect active singultāvī, supine singultātum); first conjugation

  1. to catch the breath, gasp, sob
  2. 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)

  1. hiccup
    Synonym: hipo
  2. sob
    Synonym: sollozo

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