encomio

See also: encomió, encomiò, and encômio

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈkɔ.mjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔmjo
• Hyphenation: en‧cò‧mio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin encōmium, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐγκώμιον (enkṓmion), neuter form of ἐγκώμιος (enkṓmios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κῶμος (kômos, “festival, revel”).

Noun

encomio m (plural encomi)

1. commendation, praise

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

encomio

1. first-person singular present indicative of encomiare

Further reading

• encomio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• economi, meconio

Latin

Noun

encōmiō

1. dative/ablative singular of encōmium

Portuguese

Noun

encomio m (plural encomios)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of encômio / encómio
   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter IV, in Cahetés‎, 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 23:

     Mas os attributos moraes, pondere, os attributos moraes são de facto dignos de encomios.

     But the moral qualities, consider, the moral qualities are truly deserving of praises.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈkomjo/ [ẽŋˈko.mjo]
• Rhymes: -omjo
• Syllabification: en‧co‧mio

Etymology 1

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

encomio

Wikipedia ^es

Borrowed from Late Latin encōmium, from Ancient Greek ἐγκώμιον (enkṓmion), neuter form of ἐγκώμιος (enkṓmios), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κῶμος (kômos, “festival, revel”).

Noun

encomio m (plural encomios)

1. encomium
2. praise, commendation

   Synonym: elogio

Derived terms

• encomiar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

encomio

1. first-person singular present indicative of encomiar

Further reading

• “encomio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024