eritreo

See also: Eritreo

Galician

Adjective

eritreo (feminine eritrea, masculine plural eritreos, feminine plural eritreas)

1. Eritrean

Noun

eritreo m (plural eritreos, feminine eritrea, feminine plural eritreas)

1. Eritrean

Related terms

• Eritrea

Further reading

• “eritreo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.riˈtrɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: e‧ri‧trè‧o

Etymology 1

From Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), as it was used in Erythraeum mare (“the Erythraean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).

Adjective

eritreo (feminine eritrea, masculine plural eritrei, feminine plural eritree)

1. Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea) [from 16th c.]

   il mare Eritreo ― the Erythraean Sea

   la Colonia eritrea ― Italian Eritrea (literally, “the Erythraean colony”)

2. Eritrean (of or relating to independent Eritrea) [from 20th c.]

Noun

eritreo m (plural eritrei, feminine eritrea)

1. Eritrean (native or inhabitant of Eritrea) (male or of unspecified gender)

Related terms

• Eritreo
• Eritrea

Etymology 2

From Latin Erythraeus, from Erythrae +‎ -eus; morphologically Eritre +‎ -eo.

Adjective

eritreo (feminine eritrea, masculine plural eritrei, feminine plural eritree)

1. Erythraean (of or relating to Erythrae, Beotia)
2. Erythraean (of or relating to Erythrae, Ionia)

   la Sibilla Eritrea ― the Erythraean Sibyl

Noun

eritreo m (plural eritrei, feminine eritrea)

1. Erythraean (native or inhabitant of Erythrae, Boeotia) (male or of unspecified gender)
2. Erythraean (native or inhabitant of Erythrae, Ionia) (male or of unspecified gender)

Anagrams

• itererò, reitero, reiterò, roterei

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾiˈtɾeo/ [e.ɾiˈt̪ɾe.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: e‧ri‧tre‧o

Adjective

eritreo (feminine eritrea, masculine plural eritreos, feminine plural eritreas)

1. Eritrean

Noun

eritreo m (plural eritreos, feminine eritrea, feminine plural eritreas)

1. Eritrean

Related terms

• Eritrea

 

Further reading

• “eritreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28