flagelo
Portuguese
/flaˈʒelu/, /flɐˈʒelu/
noun
Definitions
- scourge; a whip, especially one used to hit people
- scourge a persistent pest, illness, or source of trouble
- bane, a cause of suffering or source of pain and anguish
- (microbiology) flagellum whip-like appendage in bacteria and protists
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin flagellum (whip, whipping flail).
Origin
Latin
flagellum
Gloss
whip, whipping flail
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flagellate English
- flagellist English
- flagellum English
- *fragellum Latin
- flagello Latin
- flagellum Latin
- flagrum Latin
- flagellum Dutch, Flemish
- flagelo Spanish, Castilian
- δῖνος Ancient Greek
- φραγέλλιον Ancient Greek
- χοανη Ancient Greek
- *bʰlag- Proto-Indo-European
- *-ilaz Proto-Germanic
- flaiel Old French
- flagel Catalan, Valencian
- flagell Catalan, Valencian
- flagel Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sroigell Old Irish
- *flegil Old Dutch
- φραγέλλιον gkm