gnomo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡnomo/

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• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: gno‧mo

Noun

gnomo (accusative singular gnomon, plural gnomoj, accusative plural gnomojn)

1. (mythology) gnome, dwarf
   • 1995, J.R.R. Tolkien, translated by William Auld, La kunularo de l' ringoj, page 31:

     Kiel estas rakontite en La Hobito, venis iun tagon al la pordo de Bilbo la granda sorĉisto, Gandalfo la Griza, kun dek tri gnomoj: fakte neniu alia ol Torino Kverkaŝildo, posteulo de reĝoj, kaj ties dek du kunuloj en ekzilo.

     As was recounted in The Hobbit, one day there came to Bilbo's door the great wizard, Gandalf the Grey, with thirteen dwarves: actually none other than Thorin Oakenshield, the successor of kings, and his twelve companions in exile.

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡnomo/

Noun

gnomo (plural gnomi)

1. gnome

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈɲɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: gnò‧mo

Noun

gnomo m (plural gnomi, feminine gnoma)

1. gnome

   Synonym: folletto

Anagrams

• mongo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɲɔː.mo]

Noun

gnomō

1. dative/ablative singular of gnomus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈnõ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈnõ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡiˈno.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡno.mu/

• Hyphenation: gno‧mo

Noun

gnomo m (plural gnomos)

1. gnome

Further reading

• “gnomo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gnomo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• nomo

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin gnomus, coined by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnomo/ [ˈno.mo], /ˈɡnomo/ [ˈɡno.mo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: gno‧mo

Noun

gnomo m (plural gnomos)

1. (alchemy, folklore, fantasy) gnome

   Synonyms: duende, pigmeo

Hypernyms

• elemental

Further reading

• “gnomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025