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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin villōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vilˈlo.zo/, (traditional) /vilˈlo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: vil‧ló‧so
Adjective
villoso (feminine villosa, masculine plural villosi, feminine plural villose)
- hairy
- Synonym: peloso
- (anatomy, botany) villous
Further reading
- villoso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- villoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- villoso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- villoso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- villoso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- villoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
villōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of villōsus