palomino

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish palomino, from paloma (“dove, pigeon”) + diminutive suffix -ino.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pæləˈmiːnəʊ/
• (US) enPR: păl-ə-mēʹnō, IPA^(key): /pæləˈmiːnoʊ/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

palomino (plural palominos)

1. A horse with a golden-colored coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail.
   • 2009, Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Influx Press, page 217:

     I mount my palomino and ride off; his flaxen mane and tail are full of the wind.

Translations

horse

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕洛米諾馬／帕洛米诺马 (pàluòmǐnuò-mǎ)

• Finnish: palomino (fi), voikko (fi)
• Icelandic: leirljós n
• Navajo: łį́į́ʼ bitsiighaʼ łigaii
• Portuguese: palomino (pt) m
• Russian: ло́шадь паломи́но f (lóšadʹ palomíno)
• Spanish: caballo palomino m
• Welsh: llaeth a chwrw (noun phrase used as attributive adjective)

Spanish

Etymology

From paloma (“dove, pigeon”) +‎ -ino (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paloˈmino/ [pa.loˈmi.no]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: pa‧lo‧mi‧no

Noun

palomino m (plural palominos)

1. palomino
2. squab (baby pigeon, baby dove, dove chick)
3. skid mark (visible stain left on underpants)
4. pigeon droppings

Related terms

• palomina

 

Descendants

• → English: palomino

Further reading

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