bulbo

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Noun

bulbo (accusative singular bulbon, plural bulboj, accusative plural bulbojn)

1. bulb (of a plant, e.g. of an onion or tulip).
2. onion (see also cepo)

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

1. bulb (of a plant)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbul.bo/
• Rhymes: -ulbo
• Hyphenation: bùl‧bo

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbi)

1. bulb
2. ball, globe
3. light bulb, light globe
4. breakwater ((nautical) a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship)

Related terms

• bulbifero
• bulbiforme
• bulbillo
• bulbo oculare
• bulboso

Latin

Noun

bulbō

1. dative/ablative singular of bulbus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuw.bu/ [ˈbuʊ̯.bu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuw.bu/ [ˈbuʊ̯.bu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuw.bo/ [ˈbuʊ̯.bo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbul.bu/ [ˈbuɫ.βu]

• Hyphenation: bul‧bo

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

1. bulb (object that is spherical at one end and tapering at the other)
   1. (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root portion of a plant)

      Synonym: bolbo

   2. the glass envelope of a light bulb

Related terms

• bulboso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulbo/ [ˈbul.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ulbo
• Syllabification: bul‧bo

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

1. (botany) bulb
2. (electronics) vacuum tube

Derived terms

• bulbo raquídeo
• bulboso

 

Further reading

• “bulbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014