melolonta

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῆλολόνθῆ (mêlolónthê, literally “fruit destroyer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /me.loˈlon.ta/
Rhymes: -onta
Hyphenation: me‧lo‧lón‧ta

Noun

melolonta f (plural melolonte)

cockchafer (of genus Melolontha)
Synonym: (more common) maggiolino

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.loˈlõ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.loˈlõ.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.luˈlõ.tɐ/

Hyphenation: me‧lo‧lon‧ta

Noun

melolonta f (plural melolontas)

cockchafer (beetle of genus Melolontha)

Spanish

Noun

melolonta f (plural melolontas)

cockchafer

Further reading

“melolonta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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