pulcro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pulchrum, accusative form of pulcher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpulkro/, [ˈpul̺.kr̺o]
  • Hyphenation: pùl‧cro

Adjective

pulcro (feminine singular pulcra, masculine plural pulcri, feminine plural pulcre)

  1. (archaic, literary) beautiful, fair
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto VII, p. 111, vv. 58-60:
      «[...] Mal dare e mal tener lo mondo pulcro ¶ ha tolto loro, e posti a questa zuffa: ¶ qual ella sia, parole non ci appulcro. [...]»
      «[...] Ill giving and ill keeping the fair world ¶ have ta'en from them, and placed them in this scuffle; ¶ whate'er it be, no words adorn I for it. [...]»

Synonyms

Latin

Adjective

pulcrō

  1. dative masculine singular of pulcer
  2. dative neuter singular of pulcer
  3. ablative masculine singular of pulcer
  4. ablative neuter singular of pulcer

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pulchrum, accusative form of pulcher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpuɫ.krʊ/, [ˈpul̺.kr̺u]

Adjective

pulcro (feminine singular pulcra, plural, comparable)

  1. (poetic) pretty, neat

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pulcher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpulkɾo/

Adjective

pulcro (feminine singular pulcra, masculine plural pulcros, feminine plural pulcras)

  1. tidy, neat
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