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contorno

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-torno
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

contour; outline

noun

A side dish, typically of vegetables.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Italian con- Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos Proto-Hellenic *tórnos Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Italian tornare Italian contornaredeverb. Italian contornobor. English contorno Borrowed from Italian contorno.

Inflected Forms

contorni (plural)

Questions

What does contorno mean?
contour; outline
Where does contorno come from?
Etymology tree Italian con- Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos Proto-Hellenic *tórnos Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Italian tornare Italian contornaredeverb. Italian contornobor. English contorno Borrowed from Italian contorno.

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