tomento

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1321. From Latin tōmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [toˈmentʊ]

Noun

tomento m (plural tomentos)

1. (frequently in the plural) tow

   Synonym: estopa

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tomento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tomento”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “tomento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tomento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tomento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tōmentum.

Noun

tomento m (plural tomenti)

1. (botany) tomentum

Derived terms

• tomentoso

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• mettono

Latin

Noun

tōmentō

1. dative/ablative singular of tōmentum