bulbo

Noun

bulbo (accusative singular bulbon, plural bulboj, accusative plural bulbojn)

1. bulb (of a plant, e.g. of an onion or tulip).
2. onion (see also cepo)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

1. bulb (of a plant)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbi)

1. bulb
2. ball, globe
3. light bulb, light globe
4. breakwater ((nautical) a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship)

Noun

bulbō

1. dative singular of bulbus
2. ablative singular of bulbus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbuɫ.bu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuw.bu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuw.bo/

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

1. bulb (rounded solid object)
2. plant bulb

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulbo/

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

1. (botany) bulb

Further reading

• “bulbo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.