pingo

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English [edit]

Pingos in the Northwest Territories, Canada.
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Etymology [edit]

From Greenlandic or Inuktitut pingu (“small hill”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

pingo (plural pingos)

  1. (geomorphology) A conical mound with an ice core (that is, a mound of earth-covered ice), particularly if lasting more than a year; caused by permafrost uplift.

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Translations [edit]

an ice-cored mound

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Anagrams [edit]

Czech [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /pɪŋɡo/

Noun [edit]

pingo n

  1. pingo

Italian [edit]

Verb [edit]

pingo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pingere

Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *peyk- (“spot, color”), whence Ancient Greek ποικίλος (poikílos, “spotted, embroidered”), Proto-Slavic *pьstrъ (pestrý in Czech). Pokorny also links to the root: πικρός (pikros, “sharp, keen”), Proto-Slavic *pьsati (“paint, write”) (see Czech psát, Russian писать, etc.), Proto-Germanic *faihaz (“spotted”), hence Old English fah, Scottish faw, English fag.

Verb [edit]

present active pingō, present infinitive pingere, perfect active pinxī, supine pictum.

  1. I decorate or embellish
  2. I paint, tint or colour
    pingere capillum
    to dye one's hair
  3. I portray

Inflection [edit]

Third Conjugation
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pingō pingis pingit pingimus pingitis pingunt
future pingam pingēs pinget pingēmus pingētis pingent
imperfect pingēbam pingēbās pingēbat pingēbāmus pingēbātis pingēbant
perfect pinxī pinxistī pinxit pinximus pinxistis pinxērunt
future perfect pinxerō pinxeris pinxerit pinxerimus pinxeritis pinxerint
pluperfect pinxeram pinxerās pinxerat pinxerāmus pinxerātis pinxerant
passive present pingor pingeris pingitur pingimur pingiminī pinguntur
future pingar pingēris pingētur pingēmur pingēminī pingentur
imperfect pingēbar pingēbāris pingēbātur pingēbāmur pingēbāminī pingēbantur
perfect Use pictus m, picta f, pictum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
future perfect Use pictus m, picta f, pictum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
pluperfect Use pictus m, picta f, pictum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pingam pingās pingat pingāmus pingātis pingant
imperfect pingerem pingerēs pingeret pingerēmus pingerētis pingerent
perfect pinxerim pinxerīs pinxerit pinxerīmus pinxerītis pinxerint
pluperfect pinxissem pinxissēs pinxisset pinxissēmus pinxissētis pinxissent
passive present pingar pingāris pingātur pingāmur pingāminī pingantur
imperfect pingerer pingerēris pingerētur pingerēmur pingerēminī pingerentur
perfect Use pictus m, picta f, pictum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
pluperfect Use pictus m, picta f, pictum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives active passive
present (you) future (you) future (he/she) present (you) future (you) future (he/she)
singular pinge pingitō pingitō pingere pingitor pingitor
plural pingite pingitōte pinguntō pingiminī — pinguntor
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pingere pinxisse pictūrus esse pingī pictus esse pictum īrī
participles pingēns (pingentis) — pictūrus-ra, -rum — pictus-a, -um pingendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms [edit]

Derived terms

Descendants [edit]

References [edit]

  • pingo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
  • Pokorny *peik

Portuguese [edit]

Verb [edit]

pingo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pingar
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