bulbo

== Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbulbo/ Rhymes: -ulbo Syllabification: bul‧bo === Noun === bulbo (accusative singular bulbon, plural bulboj, accusative plural bulbojn) bulb (of a plant, e.g. of an onion or tulip). onion (see also cepo) == Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). === Noun === bulbo m (plural bulbos) bulb (of a plant) == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin bulbus, from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbul.bo/ Rhymes: -ulbo Hyphenation: bùl‧bo === Noun === bulbo m (plural bulbi) bulb ball, globe light bulb, light globe breakwater ((nautical) a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship) ==== Related terms ==== bulbifero bulbiforme bulbillo bulbo oculare bulboso == Latin == === Noun === bulbō dative/ablative singular of bulbus == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bul‧bo === Noun === bulbo m (plural bulbos) bulb (object that is spherical at one end and tapering at the other) (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root portion of a plant) Synonym: bolbo the glass envelope of a light bulb ==== Related terms ==== bulboso === Further reading === “bulbo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bulbo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin bulbus (“bulb, onion”), from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbulbo/ [ˈbul.β̞o] Rhymes: -ulbo Syllabification: bul‧bo === Noun === bulbo m (plural bulbos) (botany) bulb (electronics) vacuum tube ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bulbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025