flavo

Esperanto

Etymology

From flava +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflavo]

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• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: fla‧vo

Noun

flavo (accusative singular flavon, plural flavoj, accusative plural flavojn)

1. the color yellow
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Related terms

• flava (“yellow”)
• flave (“yellowly”)
• flavi (“to be yellow”)

See also

Colors in Esperanto · koloroj (layout · text)

blanka	griza	nigra
ruĝa; karmezina	oranĝokolora; oranĝkolora; oranĝo; bruna	flava; kremkolora
limekolora	verda
cejanblua; turkisa	lazura	blua
violkolora; viola; indiga	magenta; purpura	rozokolora

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flāvus (“yellow, blond”). Doublet of biavo and blu, which are from Germanic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfla.vo/
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: flà‧vo

Adjective

flavo (feminine flava, masculine plural flavi, feminine plural flave)

1. (literary) yellow, blond

   Synonyms: biondo, giallo

   Hypernym: colore

Derived terms

• flavismo
• flavizie

 

Related terms

• flavedo
• flavescente

 

Further reading

• flavo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Adjective

flāvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of flāvus

References

• flavo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Adjective

flavo (feminine flava, masculine plural flavos, feminine plural flavas)

1. (formal) yellow-red; golden; honey

Further reading

• “flavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28