palomino

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

• enPR: păl′ə-mē′nō
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpæləˈmiːnəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpæləˈminoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːnəʊ

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.

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

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

• Audio:

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

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

• → English: palomino

• “palomino”, 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