magno

See also: Magno, magnó, and magnò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲ.ɲo/
• Rhymes: -aɲɲo
• Hyphenation: mà‧gno

Etymology 1

Uncertain if inherited or semi-borrowed from Latin magnus, from Proto-Italic *magnos, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, derived from *méǵh₂s (“big; great”).

Adjective

magno (feminine magna, masculine plural magni, feminine plural magne)

1. (archaic, literary) great, mighty

   Synonym: grande

   • 1316–c. 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XV”, in Paradiso [Heaven], lines 49–51; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     E seguì: «Grato e lontano digiuno, / tratto leggendo del magno volume / du’ non si muta mai bianco né bruno

     And it continued: "Long and grateful hunger, drawn from the reading of the great volume where neither white nor black ever changes […]

Related terms

• magnitudo

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

magno

1. (transitive, slang, regional, central-southern Italy) first-person singular present indicative of magnare

Anagrams

• gnoma, mango

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋ.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaɲ.ɲo]

Adjective

magnō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of magnus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin magnus. Doublet of manho, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡi.nu/, /ˈmaɡ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡi.nu/, /ˈmaɡ.nu/
  • (Gaúcho) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.no/, /ˈma.ɡi.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.nu/ [ˈmaɣ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.nu/ [ˈmaɣ.nu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡ.nu/

• Hyphenation: mag‧no

Adjective

magno (feminine magna, masculine plural magnos, feminine plural magnas)

1. great

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magnus (“big, large”), from Proto-Italic *magnos, from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, from *méǵh₂s (“great”). Doublet of maño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡno/ [ˈmaɣ̞.no]
• Rhymes: -aɡno
• Syllabification: mag‧no

Adjective

magno (feminine magna, masculine plural magnos, feminine plural magnas)

1. great

Derived terms

• Alejandro Magno
• Carta Magna
• magnánimo
• magnificar
• magnífico

Further reading

• “magno”, 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

Anagrams

• mango