pomposo

English

Etymology

From Italian pomposo (“magnificent”). Doublet of pompous.

Adjective

pomposo (comparative more pomposo, superlative most pomposo)

  1. (music) grand and dignified

Adverb

pomposo (comparative more pomposo, superlative most pomposo)

  1. (music) in a grand and dignified manner

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pomposo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin pompōsus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pomˈpo.zo/, (traditional) /pomˈpo.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
  • Hyphenation: pom‧pó‧so

Adjective

pomposo (feminine pomposa, masculine plural pomposi, feminine plural pompose)

  1. magnificent, grand, stately
  2. self-important, ostentatious, showy, pompous

Derived terms

References
  1. pomposo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin pompōsus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /põˈpo.zu/

  • Hyphenation: pom‧po‧so

Adjective

pomposo (feminine pomposa, masculine plural pomposos, feminine plural pomposas, metaphonic)

  1. pompous (affectedly grand)

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin pompōsus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pomˈposo/ [põmˈpo.so]
  • Rhymes: -oso
  • Syllabification: pom‧po‧so

Adjective

pomposo (feminine pomposa, masculine plural pomposos, feminine plural pomposas)

  1. pompous, highfalutin

Further reading
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