elleno

See also: Elleno

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin Hellēn, from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn, name of the mythical patriarch of the Greeks).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /elˈlɛ.no/, [el̺ˈl̺ɛːn̺o]
  • Rhymes: -ɛno
  • Stress: ellèno
  • Hyphenation: el‧le‧no

Adjective

elleno (feminine singular ellena, masculine plural elleni, feminine plural ellene)

  1. (literary, rare) Hellenic
Synonyms

Noun

elleno m (plural elleni, feminine ellena)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) Hellene

Etymology 2

From elle (they (feminine)) + a -no suffix akin to that of third-person plural verb endings (cfr. -ano, -ono).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈel.le.no/, [ˈel̺l̺en̺o]
  • Stress: élleno

Pronoun

elleno f pl

  1. (archaic) plural of ella
    Synonyms: elle, esse, loro

See also

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