caligine

Italian
caligine in Caracas

Etymology

From Latin cālīginem (“fog”).[1] Compare Portuguese caligem (“fog”) and Spanish calina (“haze”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈli.d͡ʒi.ne/
  • Rhymes: -idʒine
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lì‧gi‧ne

Noun

caligine f (plural caligini)

  1. soot, smog
  2. fog

Derived terms

References
  1. caligine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

cālīgine

  1. ablative singular of cālīgō
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