Maschile

colmillo

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

dente canino

dente di cane

Frequenza

25k
Con il trattino come
col‧mi‧llo
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kolˈmiʝo/
Etimologia (Inglese)

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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