nucleo

See also: núcleo, nucleó, and nucleo-

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nū̆cleus (“kernel, core”).

Noun

nucleo m (plural nuclei)

1. nucleus
2. core
3. unit, group, squad

Related terms

• nucleo atomico

Anagrams

• culone

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Latin

Pronunciation

nŭcleō

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kle.oː/, [ˈnʊkɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kle.o/, [ˈnuːkleo]

nūcleō

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnuː.kle.oː/, [ˈnuːkɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.kle.o/, [ˈnuːkleo]

Etymology 1

nū̆cleus +‎ -ō

Verb

nū̆cleō (present infinitive nū̆cleāre, perfect active nū̆cleāvī, supine nū̆cleātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) I become kernelly, I become hard like a kernel

Conjugation

Conjugation of nū̆cleō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nū̆cleō	nū̆cleās	nū̆cleat	nū̆cleāmus	nū̆cleātis	nū̆cleant
	imperfect	nū̆cleābam	nū̆cleābās	nū̆cleābat	nū̆cleābāmus	nū̆cleābātis	nū̆cleābant
	future	nū̆cleābō	nū̆cleābis	nū̆cleābit	nū̆cleābimus	nū̆cleābitis	nū̆cleābunt
	perfect	nū̆cleāvī	nū̆cleāvistī	nū̆cleāvit	nū̆cleāvimus	nū̆cleāvistis	nū̆cleāvērunt, nū̆cleāvēre
	pluperfect	nū̆cleāveram	nū̆cleāverās	nū̆cleāverat	nū̆cleāverāmus	nū̆cleāverātis	nū̆cleāverant
	future perfect	nū̆cleāverō	nū̆cleāveris	nū̆cleāverit	nū̆cleāverimus	nū̆cleāveritis	nū̆cleāverint
passive	present	nū̆cleor	nū̆cleāris, nū̆cleāre	nū̆cleātur	nū̆cleāmur	nū̆cleāminī	nū̆cleantur
	imperfect	nū̆cleābar	nū̆cleābāris, nū̆cleābāre	nū̆cleābātur	nū̆cleābāmur	nū̆cleābāminī	nū̆cleābantur
	future	nū̆cleābor	nū̆cleāberis, nū̆cleābere	nū̆cleābitur	nū̆cleābimur	nū̆cleābiminī	nū̆cleābuntur
	perfect	nū̆cleātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	nū̆cleātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	nū̆cleātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	nū̆cleem	nū̆cleēs	nū̆cleet	nū̆cleēmus	nū̆cleētis	nū̆cleent
	imperfect	nū̆cleārem	nū̆cleārēs	nū̆cleāret	nū̆cleārēmus	nū̆cleārētis	nū̆cleārent
	perfect	nū̆cleāverim	nū̆cleāverīs	nū̆cleāverit	nū̆cleāverīmus	nū̆cleāverītis	nū̆cleāverint
	pluperfect	nū̆cleāvissem	nū̆cleāvissēs	nū̆cleāvisset	nū̆cleāvissēmus	nū̆cleāvissētis	nū̆cleāvissent
passive	present	nū̆cleer	nū̆cleēris, nū̆cleēre	nū̆cleētur	nū̆cleēmur	nū̆cleēminī	nū̆cleentur
	imperfect	nū̆cleārer	nū̆cleārēris, nū̆cleārēre	nū̆cleārētur	nū̆cleārēmur	nū̆cleārēminī	nū̆cleārentur
	perfect	nū̆cleātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	nū̆cleātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	nū̆cleā	—	—	nū̆cleāte	—
	future	—	nū̆cleātō	nū̆cleātō	—	nū̆cleātōte	nū̆cleantō
passive	present	—	nū̆cleāre	—	—	nū̆cleāminī	—
	future	—	nū̆cleātor	nū̆cleātor	—	—	nū̆cleantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		nū̆cleāre	nū̆cleāvisse	nū̆cleātūrum esse	nū̆cleārī	nū̆cleātum esse	nū̆cleātum īrī
participles		nū̆cleāns	—	nū̆cleātūrus	—	nū̆cleātus	nū̆cleandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		nū̆cleandī	nū̆cleandō	nū̆cleandum	nū̆cleandō	nū̆cleātum	nū̆cleātū

Descendants

• ?Spanish: nuclear

References

• “nū̆clĕo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nŭclĕo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,043/1.
• “nucleō” on page 1,199/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Regularly declined forms of nū̆cleus.

Noun

(deprecated template usage) nū̆cleō m

1. dative singular of nū̆cleus
2. ablative singular of nū̆cleus

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Spanish

Verb

nucleo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of nuclear.