ominoso
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōminōsus, derived from ōmen (“omen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.miˈno.zo/
- Rhymes: -ozo
- Hyphenation: o‧mi‧nó‧so
Adjective
ominoso (feminine ominosa, masculine plural ominosi, feminine plural ominose)
- (literary) ominous, foreboding
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
ōminōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ōminōsus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.miˈno.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /o.miˈno.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.miˈno.zu/
- Hyphenation: o‧mi‧no‧so
Adjective
ominoso (feminine ominosa, masculine plural ominosos, feminine plural ominosas, metaphonic)
Further reading
- “ominoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ominoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōminōsus, derived from ōmen (“omen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /omiˈnoso/ [o.miˈno.so]
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: o‧mi‧no‧so
Adjective
ominoso (feminine ominosa, masculine plural ominosos, feminine plural ominosas)
- ominous
- Synonym: siniestro
- abominable, despicable
- Synonyms: abominable, despreciable
Further reading
- “ominoso”, 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