biancoso

Italian

Etymology

From bianco (“white”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjanˈko.zo/
• Rhymes: -ozo
• Hyphenation: bian‧có‧so

Adjective

biancoso (feminine biancosa, masculine plural biancosi, feminine plural biancose) (literary, archaic)

1. white

   Synonyms: (literary) albo, bianco

   Antonym: nero

2. whitish

   Synonyms: biancastro, (uncommon) biancheggiante, bianchiccio, (literary) biancicante

   Antonyms: nerastro, (literary) nereggiante, (uncommon) nericcio, (literary, rare) nerigno, nerognolo

Related terms

• bianco

Further reading

• biancoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• bosniaco, bosonica