istmo

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈist.mo/, /ˈi.zmo/
• Rhymes: -istmo, -izmo
• Hyphenation: ìst‧mo

Noun

istmo m (plural istmi)

1. (geography) isthmus (narrow strip of land)
2. (by extension, meteorology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
3. (anatomy) isthmus

Derived terms

• istmico

Further reading

• istmo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• istmo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• istmo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• istmo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• ìstmo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• istmo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• istmo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Mosti, misto, mosti, stimo, stimò, stomi

Portuguese

istmo

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈis.t͡ʃi.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈis.t͡ʃi.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈiʃ.t͡ʃi.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈis.t͡ʃi.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈiʃ.tmu/

• Hyphenation: ist‧mo

Noun

istmo m (plural istmos)

1. (anatomy, geography) isthmus

Related terms

• ístmico

Further reading

• “istmo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “istmo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “istmo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “istmo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “istmo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “istmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ῐ̓σθμός (isthmós, “neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisdmo/ [ˈizð̞.mo]
  • Rhymes: -isdmo
  • Syllabification: ist‧mo
• IPA^(key): /ˈismo/ [ˈiz.mo]
  • Rhymes: -ismo

Noun

istmo m (plural istmos)

1. (geography) isthmus (narrow strip of land)
2. (anatomy) isthmus (a narrow part connecting two structures)

Derived terms

• istmeño
• istmo de las fauces

 

Further reading

• “istmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10