Masculin

colmillo

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(Anglais)

(masculine) canine tooth
(masculine) tusk, fang

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col‧mi‧llo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kolˈmiʝo/

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”).