colmo

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (masculine) summit, top
2. (masculine) height
3. (masculine) the extreme of a situation

Adj

heaping, protruding at the top

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of colmar

colmar

1. (transitive) to fulfill, satisfy
2. (transitive) to fill, fill to the brim
3. (transitive) to shower, heap
4. (transitive) to overwhelm

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Concetti

colmo

apice

culmine

acme

straripamento

climax

sinonimi

apogeo

cima

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cumbre

cúspide

Traduzioni

comble

Gipfel

summit

height

Höhepunkt

boordevol

climax

heyday

overflow

acmé

débordement

superfluo

hoogtepunt

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col‧mo

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkolmo/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da Old Spanish: colmo

Ereditato da latino: cumulus

Ereditato da latino: culmus

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish colmo, from Latin cumulus, following metathesis and syncopation, according to Ralph Penny and the Royal Spanish Academy, cf. tolmo from Latin tumulus. Doublet of cúmulo. The phonetically-similar Latin culmen survived as cumbre.