bulbo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Noun

bulbo (accusative singular bulbon, plural bulboj, accusative plural bulbojn)

1. bulb (of a plant, e.g. of an onion or tulip).
2. onion (see also cepo)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

1. bulb (of a plant)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbul.bo/
• Rhymes: -ulbo
• Hyphenation: bùl‧bo

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbi)

1. bulb
2. ball, globe
3. light bulb, light globe
4. breakwater ((nautical) a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship)

Related terms

• bulbifero
• bulbiforme
• bulbillo
• bulbo oculare
• bulboso

Latin

Noun

bulbō

1. dative/ablative singular of bulbus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuw.bu/ [ˈbuʊ̯.bu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuw.bu/ [ˈbuʊ̯.bu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuw.bo/ [ˈbuʊ̯.bo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbul.bu/ [ˈbuɫ.βu]

• Hyphenation: bul‧bo

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

1. bulb (object that is spherical at one end and tapering at the other)
   1. (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root portion of a plant)

      Synonym: bolbo

   2. the glass envelope of a light bulb

Related terms

• bulboso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbulbo/ [ˈbul.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ulbo
• Syllabification: bul‧bo

Noun

bulbo m (plural bulbos)

1. (botany) bulb
2. (electronics) vacuum tube

Derived terms

• bulbo raquídeo
• bulboso

 

Further reading

• “bulbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28