flavbekulo

Esperanto
FWOTD – 5 February 2022

Etymology

From flava (“yellow”) +‎ beko (“beak”) +‎ -ulo (“person characterized by the quality expressed in the root”), calque of French béjaune.

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): [flavbekˈulo]
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Hyphenation: flav‧bek‧u‧lo

Noun

flavbekulo (accusative singular flavbekulon, plural flavbekuloj, accusative plural flavbekulojn)

  1. greenhorn
    • 1907, Bolesław Prus, La faraono, volume I, page 85:
      — Kiu estas ĉi tiu flavbekulo?
      — Who is this greenshorn?
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