erinaco

Esperanto

Erinaco (Erinaceus europaeus)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin ēr

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s

Proto-Italic *-āks

Latin -āx

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āceus

Latin ērināceusbor.

Esperanto erinaco

Borrowed from Latin ērināceus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eriˈnat͡so/

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• Rhymes: -at͡so
• Syllabification: e‧ri‧na‧co

Noun

erinaco (accusative singular erinacon, plural erinacoj, accusative plural erinacojn)

1. hedgehog

Hypernyms

• mambesto, mamulo (“mammal”)

Hyponyms

• (neologism) erinaciĉo, (idiomatic) virerinaco (“male hedgehog, hedgehog boar”)
• erinacido (“young hedgehog, hedgehog hoglet”)
• erinacino (“female hedgehog, hedgehog sow”)

Holonyms

• erinacaro (“array of hedgehogs”)

Derived terms

• erinaca (“erinaceine”)