armento

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin armentum (herd of cattle).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /arˈmen.to/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Hyphenation: ar‧mén‧to

Noun

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armento m (plural armenti)

  1. herd, usually of cattle
    Synonyms: mandria, branco
    • c. 1831, Giacomo Leopardi, Il passero solitario:
      Odi greggi belar, muggire armenti; ¶ Gli altri augelli contenti, a gara insieme ¶ Per lo libero ciel fan mille giri, []
      You hear flocks bleating, herds lowing; the other birds happily, racing each other make a thousand circles in the free sky.
  2. (by extension, uncommon) livestock
    Synonym: bestiame
  3. (by extension, poetic) school (of fish)
    Synonym: banco

Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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armentō

  1. dative/ablative singular of armentum

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin armentum.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ẽtu
  • Hyphenation: ar‧men‧to

Noun

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armento m (plural armentos)

  1. (collective) herd (herd or flock of cattle or horses)

Further reading

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