pulvino

== English == === Etymology === Italian pulvino, from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion, pillow, bolster”). Doublet of pillow, polverine, pulvinus, pulvillus, and pulvinulus, as well as others. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʌlˈviːnəʊ/, /pəlˈviːnəʊ/ Rhymes: -iːnəʊ Hyphenation: pul‧vi‧no === Noun === pulvino (plural pulvinos) (architecture) A dosseret shaped like an inverted pyramid, placed between the column capital and the arch base. (engineering) A structural element serving to distribute a load from a superimposed structure with higher mechanical resistance to a lower structure with lower resistance. == Italian == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion, pillow, bolster”). By surface analysis, polvere (“dust, powder”) +‎ -ino. Compare pulviscolo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pulˈvi.no/ Rhymes: -ino Hyphenation: pul‧vì‧no === Noun === pulvino m (plural pulvini) (architecture) pulvino, dosseret === Further reading === pulvino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Noun === pulvīnō dative/ablative singular of pulvīnus