lanugo

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin lānūgō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lanugo (countable and uncountable, plural lanugos)

  1. Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area.
    • 1874, Charles Darwin, “Chaper XX”, in The Descent of Man:
      From the presence of the woolly hair or lanugo on the human fœtus, and of rudimentary hairs scattered over the body during maturity, we may infer that man is descended from some animal which was born hairy and remained so during life.
    • 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
      […] early spring mountains with young-elephant lanugo along their spines […]

Translations

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin lānūgō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lanugo (uncountable, accusative lanugon)

  1. down
  2. fluff

Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English lanugo).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑnuɡo/, [ˈlɑ̝nuɡo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnuɡo
  • Syllabification(key): la‧nu‧go

Noun

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lanugo

  1. (anatomy) lanugo

Declension

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Inflection of lanugo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative lanugo lanugot
genitive lanugon lanugojen
partitive lanugoa lanugoja
illative lanugoon lanugoihin
singular plural
nominative lanugo lanugot
accusative nom. lanugo lanugot
gen. lanugon
genitive lanugon lanugojen
partitive lanugoa lanugoja
inessive lanugossa lanugoissa
elative lanugosta lanugoista
illative lanugoon lanugoihin
adessive lanugolla lanugoilla
ablative lanugolta lanugoilta
allative lanugolle lanugoille
essive lanugona lanugoina
translative lanugoksi lanugoiksi
abessive lanugotta lanugoitta
instructive — lanugoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lanugo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lanugoni lanugoni
accusative nom. lanugoni lanugoni
gen. lanugoni
genitive lanugoni lanugojeni
partitive lanugoani lanugojani
inessive lanugossani lanugoissani
elative lanugostani lanugoistani
illative lanugooni lanugoihini
adessive lanugollani lanugoillani
ablative lanugoltani lanugoiltani
allative lanugolleni lanugoilleni
essive lanugonani lanugoinani
translative lanugokseni lanugoikseni
abessive lanugottani lanugoittani
instructive — —
comitative — lanugoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lanugosi lanugosi
accusative nom. lanugosi lanugosi
gen. lanugosi
genitive lanugosi lanugojesi
partitive lanugoasi lanugojasi
inessive lanugossasi lanugoissasi
elative lanugostasi lanugoistasi
illative lanugoosi lanugoihisi
adessive lanugollasi lanugoillasi
ablative lanugoltasi lanugoiltasi
allative lanugollesi lanugoillesi
essive lanugonasi lanugoinasi
translative lanugoksesi lanugoiksesi
abessive lanugottasi lanugoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — lanugoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lanugomme lanugomme
accusative nom. lanugomme lanugomme
gen. lanugomme
genitive lanugomme lanugojemme
partitive lanugoamme lanugojamme
inessive lanugossamme lanugoissamme
elative lanugostamme lanugoistamme
illative lanugoomme lanugoihimme
adessive lanugollamme lanugoillamme
ablative lanugoltamme lanugoiltamme
allative lanugollemme lanugoillemme
essive lanugonamme lanugoinamme
translative lanugoksemme lanugoiksemme
abessive lanugottamme lanugoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — lanugoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lanugonne lanugonne
accusative nom. lanugonne lanugonne
gen. lanugonne
genitive lanugonne lanugojenne
partitive lanugoanne lanugojanne
inessive lanugossanne lanugoissanne
elative lanugostanne lanugoistanne
illative lanugoonne lanugoihinne
adessive lanugollanne lanugoillanne
ablative lanugoltanne lanugoiltanne
allative lanugollenne lanugoillenne
essive lanugonanne lanugoinanne
translative lanugoksenne lanugoiksenne
abessive lanugottanne lanugoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — lanugoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative lanugonsa lanugonsa
accusative nom. lanugonsa lanugonsa
gen. lanugonsa
genitive lanugonsa lanugojensa
partitive lanugoaan
lanugoansa 		lanugojaan
lanugojansa
inessive lanugossaan
lanugossansa 		lanugoissaan
lanugoissansa
elative lanugostaan
lanugostansa 		lanugoistaan
lanugoistansa
illative lanugoonsa lanugoihinsa
adessive lanugollaan
lanugollansa 		lanugoillaan
lanugoillansa
ablative lanugoltaan
lanugoltansa 		lanugoiltaan
lanugoiltansa
allative lanugolleen
lanugollensa 		lanugoilleen
lanugoillensa
essive lanugonaan
lanugonansa 		lanugoinaan
lanugoinansa
translative lanugokseen
lanugoksensa 		lanugoikseen
lanugoiksensa
abessive lanugottaan
lanugottansa 		lanugoittaan
lanugoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — lanugoineen
lanugoinensa

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin lānūgō, derived from lāna (“wool”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laˈnu.ɡo/
  • Rhymes: -uɡo
  • Hyphenation: la‧nù‧go

Noun

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lanugo f (uncountable)

  1. (biology) lanugo
    Synonym: lanugine

Further reading

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  • lanugo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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lāna (“wool”) +‎ -ūgō

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Noun

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lānūgō f (genitive lānūginis); third declension

  1. (in the poetry of every age and in post-Augustan prose) woolly substance, the down of plants, of youthful cheeks, etc.
  2. (transferred sense) sawdust

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lānūgō lānūginēs
Genitive lānūginis lānūginum
Dative lānūginī lānūginibus
Accusative lānūginem lānūginēs
Ablative lānūgine lānūginibus
Vocative lānūgō lānūginēs

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → English: lanugo
  • → Esperanto: lanugo
  • → Italian: lanugine
  • → Polish: lanugo
  • → Spanish: lanugo

References

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  • “lānūgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lānūgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 886/2.
  • “lānūgō” on page 1,000/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
lanugo

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin lānūgō. Doublet of flanela and wełna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laˈnu.ɡɔ/
  • Rhymes: -uɡɔ
  • Syllabification: la‧nu‧go

Noun

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lanugo n (indeclinable)

  1. (anatomy) lanugo

Further reading

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  • lanugo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French or Latin lanugo.

Noun

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lanugo n (uncountable)

  1. lanugo

Declension

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declension of lanugo (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) lanugo lanugoul
genitive/dative (unui) lanugo lanugoului
vocative lanugoule

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin lānūgō.

Noun

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lanugo m (uncountable)

  1. lanugo

Further reading

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