villoso

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Italian

Alternative forms

velloso (rare, literary)

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

Related terms

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

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯ilˈloː.soː/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vilˈlo.so/,

Adjective

villōsō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of villōsus

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