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Interlingua
Noun
unguento (plural unguentos)
- 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)
- ointment, unguent, salve
- (obsolete, rare, figurative) remedy
Derived terms
Latin
Noun
unguentō
- 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
Etymology
Derived from Latin unguentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
unguento m (plural unguentos)
- unguent (a cream containing medicine)