German

Noun

Pingo m ‎(genitive Pingos, plural Pingos)

1. a pingo

English

Pingos in the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Noun

pingo ‎(plural pingos or pingoes)

1. (geomorphology) A conical mound with an ice core (that is, a mound of earth-covered ice), particularly if lasting more than a year; caused by permafrost uplift.

Synonyms

• hydrolaccolith

Translations

See also

• palsa

Anagrams

• oping

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪŋɡo/

Noun

pingo n

1. pingo

Italian

Verb

pingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pingere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- ‎(“spot, color”), whence Ancient Greek ποικίλος ‎(poikílos, “spotted, embroidered”), Proto-Slavic *pьstrъ (pestrý in Czech). Pokorny also links to the root: πικρός ‎(pikrós, “sharp, keen”), Proto-Slavic *pьsati ‎(“paint, write”) (see Czech psát, Russian пятно́ ‎(pjatnó),писать ‎(pisatʹ) etc.), Proto-Germanic *faihaz ‎(“spotted”), hence Old English fāh, Scottish faw, English fag.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpin.ɡoː/, [ˈpɪŋ.ɡoː]

Verb

pingō ‎(present infinitive pingere, perfect active pinxī, supine pictum); third conjugation

1. I decorate or embellish
2. I paint, tint or colour

   pingere capillum

   to dye one's hair

3. I portray

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• pingo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pingo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pingo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pingo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Pokorny *peik

Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from pingar.

Noun

pingo m (plural pingos)

1. a drop
2. a jot
3. (Portugal, regional) espresso with milk, similar to a cortado
4. (Brazil, typography) a small dot that is part of a letter, a tittle

Related terms

• gota

Verb

pingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of pingar