vello

== Galician == === Alternative forms === velho (reintegrationist) veyo (Galician-Asturian) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese vello, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus. Compare Aragonese viello. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛɟo/ [ˈbɛ.ɟʊ] Rhymes: -ɛɟo Hyphenation: ve‧llo === Adjective === vello (feminine vella, masculine plural vellos, feminine plural vellas) old Antonym: novo === Noun === vello m (plural vellos, feminine vella, feminine plural vellas) old man 1978, Lois Álvarez Pousa, "A Sementeira" (song by Fuxan os Ventos): Synonyms: ancián, vedraño (slang) father Synonyms: padre, pai === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “vello”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vello”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Ingrian == === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋelːo/, [ˈʋe̞ɫːŏ̞̥] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋelːoi̯/, [ˈʋe̞ɫːo̞i̯] Rhymes: -elːo, -elːoi̯ Hyphenation: vel‧lo === Noun === vello synonym of veljä (“brother”) ==== Declension ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 652 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛl.lo/ Rhymes: -ɛllo Hyphenation: vèl‧lo === Etymology 1 === From Latin vellus, possibly crossed with villus. ==== Noun ==== vello m (plural velli) hair, fur fleece il vello d'oro ― the golden fleece ==== Further reading ==== vello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== vello first-person singular present indicative of vellere ==== Further reading ==== vello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === volle == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *welnō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit, strike”) (whence also vulnus, Czech válka, Old Norse valkyrja). The past participle was analogously changed from Proto-Italic *woltos to vulsus; a more logical outcome would be *vultus. See pellō for a similar analogy. Compare typologically a semantic shift in the opposite direction Russian дра́ться (drátʹsja) <драть (dratʹ) (akin to выдира́ть (vydirátʹ)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛl.loː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛl.lo] === Verb === vellō (present infinitive vellere, perfect active vulsī or vellī, supine vulsum); third conjugation to pluck out (feathers, etc.) to depilate Martialis, Epigrammata quod pectus, quod crura tibi, quod bracchia vellis. to pull or tear down; to demolish ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Aromanian: bilescu, biliri Italian: vellere Romanian: beli, belire === References === “vello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “vello”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin villus (“hair, tuft of hair”). === Pronunciation === Syllabification: ve‧llo Homophone: bello === Noun === vello m (plural vellos) body hair, androgenic hair, vellus hair facial hair ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “vello”, 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 == Votic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ingrian vello. === Pronunciation === (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈvelːo/, [ˈvʲeɫːo] Rhymes: -elːo Hyphenation: vel‧lo === Noun === vello brother Synonym: velli ==== Inflection ==== === References === Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “vello”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎[1], 2nd edition, Tallinn