Maschile

colmillo

Senso

Concetti

sinonimi

Notes

Extra tools

(Inglese)

(masculine) canine tooth
(masculine) tusk, fang

Frequenza

Con il trattino come

col‧mi‧llo

Pronunciato come (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”).