Estonian

Proper noun

Vello

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Veljo
• Veiko

Galician

Adjective

vello m (feminine singular vella, masculine plural vellos, feminine plural vellas)

1. old

Antonyms

• xove

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vellus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛllo

Noun

vello m

1. hair
2. fleece

Related terms

• il vello d'oro (golden fleece)

Anagrams

• volle

Latin

Etymology

Unknown origin. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *welh₂- ‎(“to tear up”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwel.loː/, [ˈwɛl.loː]

Verb

vellō ‎(present infinitive vellere, perfect active vulsī, supine vulsum); third conjugation

1. I pluck out (feathers etc)
2. I depilate
3. I pull or tear down; I demolish

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

• Aromanian: bilescu, biliri
• Italian: vellere
• Romanian: beli, belire

References

• vello in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vello in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vello”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin villus ‎(“hair, tuft of hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ʎo/, /ˈbe.ʝo/
• Homophone: bello

Noun

vello m ‎(plural vellos)

1. body hair, androgenic hair, vellus hair

Derived terms

• vello corporal m
• vello púbico m
• velludo

Related terms

• velloso