anodino

See also: anódino

Italian

Etymology

From Latin anōdynus, anōdynos, from Ancient Greek ἀνώδῠνος (anṓdŭnos, allaying pain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.noˈdi.no/, (traditional, careful style) /aˈnɔ.di.no/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ino, (traditional, careful style) -ɔdino
  • Hyphenation: a‧no‧dì‧no, (traditional, careful style) a‧nò‧di‧no

Adjective

anodino (feminine anodina, masculine plural anodini, feminine plural anodine)

  1. anodyne, specifically:
  2. (pharmacology) capable of soothing or eliminating pain
    Synonym: antidolorifico
  3. (figurative) noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence/offense or debate
    Synonym: insignificante

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ anodino in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anōdynus, anōdynos, from Ancient Greek ἀνώδῠνος (anṓdŭnos, allaying pain).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anoˈdino/ [a.noˈð̞i.no]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: a‧no‧di‧no

Adjective

anodino (feminine anodina, masculine plural anodinos, feminine plural anodinas)

  1. anodyne
  2. dull, boring, run-of-the-mill

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish anodino, from Latin anōdynos, from Ancient Greek ἀνώδῠνος (anṓdŭnos).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔanoˈdino/ [ʔɐ.n̪oˈd̪iː.n̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: a‧no‧di‧no

Noun

anodino (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓᜇᜒᜈᜓ) (pharmacology)

  1. anodyne (any medicine or other agent that relieves pain)

Adjective

anodino (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜓᜇᜒᜈᜓ)

  1. (figurative) insignificant; ineffective; insubstantial

Further reading

  • anodino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 37