inquilino

Galician

Etymology

From Latin inquilīnus (tenant, lodger).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iŋkiˈlino/ [iŋ.kiˈli.nʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: in‧qui‧li‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

  1. tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)
    Synonyms: alugueiro, arrendatario, locatario, rendeiro

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inquilīnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.kwiˈli.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: in‧qui‧lì‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilini, feminine inquilina)

  1. tenant, occupant

Derived terms

Further reading

  • inquilino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • inquilino in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

inquilīnus (tenant) +‎ (1st conjugation verbal suffix)

Verb

inquilīnō (present infinitive inquilīnāre, perfect active inquilīnāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to be a tenant
Conjugation
Derived terms

References

  • inquilino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inquilino”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

inquilīnō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of inquilīnus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inquilīnus (tenant, lodger).

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.kiˈli.nu/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.kɨˈli.nu/

  • Rhymes: -inu
  • Homophone: inclino (Southern Portugal)
  • Hyphenation: in‧qui‧li‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

  1. tenant (one who pays a fee to use land or live somewhere)
  2. (biology) inquiline (animal that lives commensally in the dwelling place of another animal)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inquilīnus (tenant, lodger).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inkiˈlino/ [ĩŋ.kiˈli.no]
  • Audio (Mexico):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: in‧qui‧li‧no

Noun

inquilino m (plural inquilinos, feminine inquilina, feminine plural inquilinas)

  1. tenant, renter, lessee
  2. tenant farmer

Derived terms

Further reading