esterno

See also: esternò

Galician

Etymology

From New Latin sternum, from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breastbone, heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *stern- (“forehead, chest, side”).

Noun

esterno m (plural esternos)

1. (anatomy) sternum

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈstɛr.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛrno
• Hyphenation: e‧stèr‧no

Etymology 1

From Latin externus.

Adjective

esterno (feminine esterna, masculine plural esterni, feminine plural esterne)

1. (relational) outside, outdoor; external, outer, outside, out

   Synonyms: di fuori, esteriore, estrinseco

   Antonym: interno

2. (sports) away

   partita esterna ― away match

Derived terms

• esternalità
• esternamente
• esternare

 

Related terms

• esteriore
• estero
• extra-

 

Noun

esterno m (plural esterni)

1. exterior, outside

   Antonym: interno

2. (baseball) outfielder (outfield player to catch fly balls)

See also

• fuori

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

esterno

1. first-person singular present indicative of esternare

Further reading

• esterno in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• esterno in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• esterno in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• esterno in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• esterno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• esterno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Ernesto, Nestore, nestore, ortense, sentore, tensore, tornese

Portuguese

esterno

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin sternum, from Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon, “chest, breastbone, heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *stern- (“forehead, chest, side”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛʁ.nu/ [isˈtɛɦ.nu], /esˈtɛʁ.nu/ [esˈtɛɦ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛʁ.nu/ [isˈtɛɦ.nu], /esˈtɛʁ.nu/ [esˈtɛɦ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /isˈtɛɾ.nu/, /esˈtɛɾ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɛʁ.nu/, /eʃˈtɛʁ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɛɻ.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɛɾ.nu/

• Hyphenation: es‧ter‧no
• Homophone: externo (Brazil)

Noun

esterno m (plural esternos)

1. breastbone, sternum

   Hypernym: osso

Further reading

• “esterno”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “esterno”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “esterno” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “esterno”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “esterno”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “esterno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024