gnomo

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡnomo/

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• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: gno‧mo

gnomo (accusative singular gnomon, plural gnomoj, accusative plural gnomojn)

1. (mythology) gnome, dwarf
   • 1995, J.R.R. Tolkien, translated by William Auld, La kunularo de l' ringoj, page 31:

     Kiel estas rakontite en La Hobito, venis iun tagon al la pordo de Bilbo la granda sorĉisto, Gandalfo la Griza, kun dek tri gnomoj: fakte neniu alia ol Torino Kverkaŝildo, posteulo de reĝoj, kaj ties dek du kunuloj en ekzilo.

     As was recounted in The Hobbit, one day there came to Bilbo's door the great wizard, Gandalf the Grey, with thirteen dwarves: actually none other than Thorin Oakenshield, the successor of kings, and his twelve companions in exile.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡnomo/

gnomo (plural gnomi)

1. gnome

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈɲɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: gnò‧mo

gnomo m (plural gnomi, feminine gnoma)

1. gnome

   Synonym: folletto

• mongo

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɲɔː.mo]

gnomō

1. dative/ablative singular of gnomus

Borrowed from New Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”).

• Hyphenation: gno‧mo

gnomo m (plural gnomos)

1. gnome

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

• nomo

Borrowed from New Latin gnomus, coined by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnomo/ [ˈno.mo], /ˈɡnomo/ [ˈɡno.mo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: gno‧mo

gnomo m (plural gnomos)

1. (alchemy, folklore, fantasy) gnome

   Synonyms: duende, pigmeo

• elemental

• “gnomo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025