colostro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin colostrum.

Noun

colostro m (plural colostri)

(physiology) colostrum, beestings

See also

latte

Anagrams

Crostolo, crostolo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin colostrum. Compare the regional inherited doublet crosto.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlos.tɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈloʃ.tɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈlos.tɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈloʃ.tɾu/

Hyphenation: co‧los‧tro

Noun

colostro m (usually uncountable, plural colostros)

(medicine) colostrum (a form of milk)

Further reading

“colostro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“colostro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026