generoso

See also: Generoso

Italian

Etymology

From Latin generōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈro.zo/, (traditional) /d͡ʒe.neˈro.so/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
• Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧ró‧so

Adjective

generoso (feminine generosa, masculine plural generosi, feminine plural generose, superlative generosissimo)

1. generous
2. liberal, prodigal
3. rich, fertile (soil)

Derived terms

• generosamente

Related terms

• generosità

References

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

Latin

Adjective

generōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of generōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin generōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.neˈɾo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.neˈɾo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.neˈɾo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.nɨˈɾo.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: ge‧ne‧ro‧so

Adjective

generoso (feminine generosa, masculine plural generosos, feminine plural generosas, metaphonic)

1. generous (willing to give and share unsparingly)

   Synonyms: dadivoso, mão-aberta

2. (obsolete) generous (of noble birth)

   Synonym: nobre

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:generoso.

Related terms

• género

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin generōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xeneˈɾoso/ [xe.neˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ro‧so

Adjective

generoso (feminine generosa, masculine plural generosos, feminine plural generosas)

1. generous

   Synonym: dadivoso

Related terms

• generosamente
• generosidad
• generosísimo

 

Further reading

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