mirto

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1390. From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmiɾtʊ]

Noun

mirto m (plural mirtos)

1. myrtle

   Synonym: murta

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 167:

     Et d'estas septe couselas saeẽ delas septe lumes, et nõ entrã en elas senõ olio de basmo ou de mirto ou de ouliua

     And outside from these seven receptacles seven fires burn, and nothing but oil of balsam or myrtle or olive enters in them

Related terms

• murta

References

• “mirto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “mirto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “mirto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mirto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mirto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmir.to/
• Rhymes: -irto
• Hyphenation: mìr‧to

Noun

mirto m (plural mirti)

1. common myrtle (Myrtus communis)
2. myrtle (plant of the genus Myrtus )

Related terms

• mirteto
• mirteo
• mirtolo

Anagrams

• mitro, mitrò, morti, ritmo, ritmò

Latvian

Participle

mirto

1. inflection of mirtais:
   1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʁ.tu/ [ˈmih.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʁ.tu/ [ˈmih.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʁ.tu/ [ˈmiχ.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɻ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾ.tu/

Noun

mirto m (plural mirtos)

1. myrtle

Related terms

• mírteo
• mirtiforme
• mirtoso
• murta

 

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾto/ [ˈmiɾ.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -iɾto
• Syllabification: mir‧to

Noun

mirto m (plural mirtos)

1. myrtle

   Synonyms: arrayán, murta

Further reading

• “mirto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014