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pulvino

/pʌlˈviːnəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pul-vi-no
IPA
/pʌlˈviːnəʊ/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dosseret shaped like an inverted pyramid, placed between the column capital and the arch base.

noun

A structural element serving to distribute a load from a superimposed structure with higher mechanical resistance to a lower structure with lower resistance.

Etymology

Italian pulvino, from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion, pillow, bolster”). Doublet of pillow, polverine, pulvinus, pulvillus, and pulvinulus, as well as others.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pulvino, pulvīnus

Inflected Forms

pulvinos (plural)

Rhymes With

casino amino filipino dino pinot cappuccino neutrino kino vino keno beano palomino

Questions

How do you pronounce pulvino?
The recorded pronunciation is /pʌlˈviːnəʊ/.
What does pulvino mean?
A dosseret shaped like an inverted pyramid, placed between the column capital and the arch base.
Where does pulvino come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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