protelo
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /proˈtelo/
- Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: pro‧te‧lo
Noun
protelo (accusative singular protelon, plural proteloj, accusative plural protelojn)
Hyponyms
- virprotelo (idiomatic) (“a male aardwolf”)
- protelido (“aardwolf cub”)
- protelidino (“female aarwolf cub”)
- protelino (“aardwolfess”)
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [proːˈteː.ɫoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [proˈtɛː.lo]
Verb
prōtēlō (present infinitive prōtēlāre, perfect active prōtēlāvī, supine prōtēlātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Conjugation of prōtēlō (first conjugation)
References
- “protelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “protelo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “protelo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Proteles.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾoˈtɛ.lu/, /pɾoˈte.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾoˈtɛ.lo/, /pɾoˈte.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾuˈtɛ.lu/, /pɾuˈte.lu/
- Rhymes: -ɛlu, -elu
- Hyphenation: pro‧te‧lo
Noun
protelo m (plural protelos)
- aardwolf (Proteles cristata, a carnivore of Africa)
- Synonym: lobo-da-terra
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾoˈtɛ.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾoˈtɛ.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾuˈtɛ.lu/
- Rhymes: -ɛlu
- Hyphenation: pro‧te‧lo
Verb
protelo
- first-person singular present indicative of protelar
Further reading
- “protelo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “protelo”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
- “protelo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “protelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “protelo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN