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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mirto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mirto”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mirto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mirto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mirto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɻ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmiʁ.to/ [ˈmih.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾ.tu/

Noun

mirto m (plural mirtos)

1. myrtle

Related terms

• mírteo
• mirtiforme
• mirtoso
• murta

Further reading

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

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025