biancoso

Italian

Etymology

From bianco (“white”) +‎ -oso (“-ous”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bjanˈko.zo/
  • Rhymes: -ozo
  • Hyphenation: bian‧có‧so

Adjective

biancoso (feminine biancosa, masculine plural biancosi, feminine plural biancose) (literary, archaic)

  1. white
    Synonyms: (literary) albo, bianco
    Antonym: nero
  2. whitish
    Synonyms: biancastro, (uncommon) biancheggiante, bianchiccio, (literary) biancicante
    Antonyms: nerastro, (literary) nereggiante, (uncommon) nericcio, (literary, rare) nerigno, nerognolo

Further reading

  • biancoso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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