Masculin

colmillo

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (masculine) canine tooth
  2. (masculine) tusk, fang

Concepts

dent saillante

dent œillère

dent de l'œil

dent canine

dent de l’œil

Fréquence

25k
Coupé comme
col‧mi‧llo
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/kolˈmiʝo/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin columellus (“canine tooth, tusk”) (attested in Isidore of Seville), masculine variant of columella (literally “small column, pillar”), diminutive of columna (“column”). Used Classically to refer to the grinding teeth of horses in Varro and Pliny in the form columellārēs dentēs (literally “pillar-formed teeth”).

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