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• Beginning
• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Noun
• 2 Italian
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Etymology 1
    * 2.2.1 Noun
  • 2.3 Etymology 2
    * 2.3.1 Verb
• 3 Portuguese
  • 3.1 Etymology 1
    * 3.1.1 Alternative forms
    * 3.1.2 Pronunciation
    * 3.1.3 Noun
    * 3.1.3.1 Usage notes
  • 3.2 Etymology 2
    * 3.2.1 Pronunciation
    * 3.2.2 Verb
  • 3.3 Further reading
• 4 Spanish
  • 4.1 Pronunciation
  • 4.2 Etymology 1
    * 4.2.1 Noun
  • 4.3 Etymology 2
    * 4.3.1 Verb
  • 4.4 Further reading

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Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Italic *-āō

English contorno

Borrowed from Italian contorno.

contorno (plural contorni)

1. (art) contour; outline
   • 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Italy:
     […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]
2. (usually in the plural, in Italian cuisine) A side dish, typically of vegetables.

• IPA(key): /konˈtor.no/
• Rhymes: -orno
• Hyphenation: con‧tór‧no

Deverbal from contornare.

contorno m (plural contorni)

1. contour, outline
2. (side dish, usually in the plural) vegetables (when served with a meal)
3. environ

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

contorno

1. first-person singular present indicative of contornare

Deverbal from contornar.

• contôrno (pre-reform spelling)

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtoʁ.nu/ [kõˈtoɦ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtoʁ.nu/ [kõˈtoɦ.nu]

  • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõˈtoɾ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõˈtoʁ.nu/
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /kõˈtoɻ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtoʁ.no/ [kõˈtoɦ.no]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈtoɾ.nu/

contorno m (plural contornos, metaphonic)

1. contour, outline
2. (Brazil) ring road; beltway (highway encircling a city)
3. contouring (makeup technique)

• The plural is always metaphonic in Portugal, but usually not in Brazil.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtɔʁ.nu/ [kõˈtɔɦ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtɔʁ.nu/ [kõˈtɔɦ.nu]

  • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõˈtɔɾ.nu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõˈtɔʁ.nu/
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /kõˈtɔɻ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtɔʁ.no/ [kõˈtɔɦ.no]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõˈtɔɾ.nu/

contorno

1. first-person singular present indicative of contornar

• “contorno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “contorno”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “contorno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• IPA(key): /konˈtoɾno/ [kõn̪ˈt̪oɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -oɾno
• Syllabification: con‧tor‧no

From con- +‎ torno.

contorno m (plural contornos)

1. contour, outline, boundary
2. girth

contorno

1. first-person singular present indicative of contornar

• “contorno”, 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

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• English terms derived from Proto-Italic
• English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terh₁-
• English terms derived from Italian
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• English lemmas
• English nouns
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• en:Art
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• Italian 3-syllable words
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• Rhymes:Italian/orno
• Rhymes:Italian/orno/3 syllables
• Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terh₁-
• Italian deverbals
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• Italian countable nouns
• Italian masculine nouns
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• Rhymes:Spanish/oɾno
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