palomino

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palomino, from paloma (“dove, pigeon”) + diminutive suffix -ino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæləˈmiːnəʊ/
• enPR: păl-ə-mēʹnō, IPA^(key): /pæləˈmiːnoʊ/

Noun

palomino (plural palominos)

1. A horse with a golden-colored coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail.

Translations

horse

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕洛米諾馬／帕洛米诺马, 帕洛米诺马 (pàluòmǐnuò-mǎ)

• Finnish: palomino (fi), voikko (fi)
• Icelandic: leirljós n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Navajo: łį́į́ʼ bitsiighaʼ łigaii
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: ло́шадь паломи́но f (lóšadʹ palomíno)
• Spanish: caballo palomino m

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Spanish

Etymology

From paloma (“dove, pigeon”) +‎ -ino (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paloˈmino/ [pa.loˈmi.no]

Noun

palomino m (plural palominos)

1. palomino
2. squab (baby pigeon, baby dove, dove chick)
3. skid mark (visible stain left on underpants)
4. pigeon droppings

Related terms

• palomina

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001