salmo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalmo/
• Hyphenation: sal‧mo

Noun

salmo (accusative singular salmon, plural salmoj, accusative plural salmojn)

1. salmon

Alternative forms

• psalmo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “song sung to a harp, performance on a stringed instrument”), from ψάλλω (psállō, “I pluck an instrument”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsalmo/

Noun

salmo m (plural salmi)

1. psalm

Etymology

Either from Celtic or from saliō (“to leap”), though this has been dismissed as folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.moː/, [ˈsaɫ.moː]

Noun

salmō m (genitive salmōnis); third declension

1. salmon

Further reading

• salmo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salmo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin salmō.

Noun

salmo m

1. salmon

Alternative forms

• psalmo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese salmo, psalmo, from Late Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “song sung to a harp, performance on a stringed instrument”), from ψάλλω (psállō, “I pluck an instrument”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsaw.mu/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɫ.mu/
• Hyphenation: sal‧mo
• Rhymes: -awmu

Noun

salmo m (plural salmos)

1. psalm

Alternative forms

• psalmo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “song sung to a harp, performance on a stringed instrument”), from ψάλλω (psállō, “I pluck an instrument”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.mo/

Noun

salmo m (plural salmos)

1. psalm