ébano

See also: ebano

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ebanus, from Italian ebano influencing Latin (h)ebenus, ultimately from Egyptian.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ba.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ba.no/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.bɐ.nu/ [ˈɛ.βɐ.nu]

Hyphenation: é‧ba‧no

Noun

ébano m (plural ébanos)

ebony (wood)
ebony (tree)
ebony (colour)

Derived terms

ebanista

Adjective

ébano (feminine ébana, masculine plural ébanos, feminine plural ébanas)

ebony (deep, dark black colour)
Synonym: ebâneo

Further reading

“ébano” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ebanus, from Italian ebano influencing Latin (h)ebenus, ultimately from Egyptian. Doublet of abenuz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈebano/ [ˈe.β̞a.no]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -ebano
Syllabification: é‧ba‧no

Noun

ébano m (plural ébanos)

ebony
Synonym: abenuz

Derived terms

ebanista

Descendants

→ Basque: ebano
→ Tagalog: ebano

Further reading

“ébano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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