spinoso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin spīnōsus, or from spina +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spiˈno.zo/, (traditional) /spiˈno.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: spi‧nó‧so

Adjective

spinoso (feminine spinosa, masculine plural spinosi, feminine plural spinose, superlative spinosissimo)

  1. prickly, thorny, spiny
  2. (figurative) thorny, ticklish, touchy

Noun

spinoso m (plural spinosi)

  1. (regional) Synonym of porcospino

Derived terms

References
  1. spinoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Latin

Adjective

spīnōsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of spīnōsus
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