unguento

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See also: unguentò and ungüento

Galician

Noun

unguento m (plural unguentos)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of ungüento

Further reading

  • “unguento” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Interlingua

Noun

unguento (plural unguentos)

  1. salve

Italian

Etymology

Derived from Latin unguentum (“ointment, unguent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /unˈɡwɛn.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnto
  • Hyphenation: un‧guèn‧to

Noun

unguento m (plural unguenti)

  1. ointment, unguent, salve
  2. (obsolete, rare, figurative) remedy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • unguento in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • unguento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

unguentō

  1. dative/ablative singular of unguentum

References

  • “unguento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • unguento in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from Latin unguentum.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: un‧guen‧to

Noun

unguento m (plural unguentos)

  1. unguent (a cream containing medicine)

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