labirinto

Esperanto

Labirinto en Aschaffenburg, Germanio
Labyrinth in Aschaffenburg, Germany

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [labiˈrinto]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -into
• Hyphenation: la‧bi‧rin‧to

Noun

labirinto (accusative singular labirinton, plural labirintoj, accusative plural labirintojn)

1. labyrinth, maze
2. (figuratively) warren
3. (anatomy) labyrinth (of ear)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin labyrinthus, from Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos).

Noun

labirinto m (plural labirintos)

1. labyrinth, maze
2. (figuratively) anything complicated or confusing, like a maze

   Synonyms: enfondura, enxangada

Further reading

• “labirinto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Italian

Etymology

From Latin labyrinthus, from Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.biˈrin.to/
• Rhymes: -into
• Hyphenation: la‧bi‧rìn‧to

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

labirinto m (plural labirinti)

1. labyrinth, maze
2. (anatomy) labyrinth

Derived terms

• labirintico
• labirintiforme
• labirintite

Further reading

• labirinto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• labirinto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Anagrams

• ribaltino, ribaltoni

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin labyrinthus, from Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.biˈɾĩ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.biˈɾĩ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.biˈɾĩ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.biˈɾĩ.tu/ [lɐ.βiˈɾĩ.tu]

• Rhymes: -ĩtu
• Hyphenation: la‧bi‧rin‧to

Noun

labirinto m (plural labirintos)

1. labyrinth, maze (complicated irregular network of passages or paths)
2. (figurative) labyrinth (anything complicated or confusing)
3. labyrinth (part of inner ear)
4. labyrinth (acessory respiratory organ of certain fish)

Related terms

• labiríntico
• labirintite