rostro

See also: Rostro

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English rostrum, French rostre, Italian rostro, Russian ро́стр (róstr), Spanish rostro, all ultimately from Latin rōstrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈros.tro/, /ˈɾɔs.tɾɔ/

Noun

rostro (plural rostri)

  1. (general) any beaklike extension
  2. (national, historical) bill
  3. beak (of an insect)
  4. trunk, proboscis (as of an elephant)
  5. (botany) prolonged rigid process
  6. (antiquity) beak of a ship; rostrum in a forum.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rostrum

Noun

rostro m (plural rostri)

  1. rostrum
  2. (nautical) ram, beak
  3. bill, beak (of a bird)
  4. nib

Latin

Noun

rōstrō

  1. dative singular of rōstrum
  2. ablative singular of rōstrum

Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈros̺.tɾo/

Noun

rostro m

  1. Alternative form of rosto

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rostrum

Noun

rostro m (plural rostros)

  1. face

Synonyms

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