Masculine
colmillo
Meaning
- (masculine) canine tooth
- (masculine) tusk, fang
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Eckzahn
canino
ullal
hoektand
défense
κυνόδοντας
نَابFrequency
Hyphenated as
col‧mi‧llo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kolˈmiʝo/
Etymology
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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