colombina

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ko.lomˈbi.na/ Rhymes: -ina Hyphenation: co‧lom‧bì‧na === Etymology 1 === From colomba (“dove”) +‎ -ina (diminutive suffix). ==== Noun ==== colombina f (plural colombine) diminutive of colomba: young or small dove (figurative) a young woman who fakes naivety and ingenuousness a dove-shaped skyrocket that runs along a rope setting off fireworks during the celebrations of Easter Sunday in Florence a dove-shaped sort of sweet Easter focaccia bread, sometimes with a hard-boiled egg in the middle a semolina-based preparation used as an appetizer (historical, regional) name of various coins with doves or other similar birds depicted on them === Etymology 2 === Noun use of the feminine form of the adjective colombino (“of a dove, dovish”). ==== Noun ==== colombina f (plural colombine) (uncountable) pigeon dung (used as fertilizer) (uncountable) blue limestone Synonyms: palombino, pietra palombina (botany, regional) synonym of coridale name of several varieties of apples name of several varieties of mushrooms === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== colombina f sg feminine singular of colombino === Anagrams === Colombani == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kolomˈbina/ [ko.lõmˈbi.na] Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: co‧lom‧bi‧na === Adjective === colombina f feminine singular of colombino === Further reading === “colombina”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010