# lanugo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lānūgō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ləˈnjuːɡəʊ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

lanugo (countable and uncountable, plural lanugos)
* Soft down or fine hair, specifically that covering the human foetus or a tumorous area.
** 1874, Charles Darwin, “Chaper XX”, in The Descent of Man:From the presence of the woolly hair or lanugo on the human fœtus, and of rudimentary hairs scattered over the body during maturity, we may infer that man is descended from some animal which was born hairy and remained so during life.
** 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:[…] early spring mountains with young-elephant lanugo along their spines […]

#### Translations
### Further reading

* lanugo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* lanugo (Q1540378)

### Anagrams

* Angulo, Lugano

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lānūgō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [laˈnuɡo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uɡo
* Hyphenation: la‧nu‧go

### Noun

lanugo (uncountable, accusative lanugon)
* down
* fluff

## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English lanugo).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑnuɡo/, [ˈlɑ̝nuɡo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑnuɡo
* Hyphenation: la‧nu‧go

### Noun

lanugo
* (anatomy) lanugo

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lanugo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lanugoni
lanugoni
accusative
nom.
lanugoni
lanugoni
gen.
lanugoni
genitive
lanugoni
lanugojeni
partitive
lanugoani
lanugojani
inessive
lanugossani
lanugoissani
elative
lanugostani
lanugoistani
illative
lanugooni
lanugoihini
adessive
lanugollani
lanugoillani
ablative
lanugoltani
lanugoiltani
allative
lanugolleni
lanugoilleni
essive
lanugonani
lanugoinani
translative
lanugokseni
lanugoikseni
abessive
lanugottani
lanugoittani
instructive
comitative
—lanugoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lanugosi
lanugosi
accusative
nom.
lanugosi
lanugosi
gen.
lanugosi
genitive
lanugosi
lanugojesi
partitive
lanugoasi
lanugojasi
inessive
lanugossasi
lanugoissasi
elative
lanugostasi
lanugoistasi
illative
lanugoosi
lanugoihisi
adessive
lanugollasi
lanugoillasi
ablative
lanugoltasi
lanugoiltasi
allative
lanugollesi
lanugoillesi
essive
lanugonasi
lanugoinasi
translative
lanugoksesi
lanugoiksesi
abessive
lanugottasi
lanugoittasi
instructive
comitative
—lanugoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lanugomme
lanugomme
accusative
nom.
lanugomme
lanugomme
gen.
lanugomme
genitive
lanugomme
lanugojemme
partitive
lanugoamme
lanugojamme
inessive
lanugossamme
lanugoissamme
elative
lanugostamme
lanugoistamme
illative
lanugoomme
lanugoihimme
adessive
lanugollamme
lanugoillamme
ablative
lanugoltamme
lanugoiltamme
allative
lanugollemme
lanugoillemme
essive
lanugonamme
lanugoinamme
translative
lanugoksemme
lanugoiksemme
abessive
lanugottamme
lanugoittamme
instructive
comitative
—lanugoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lanugonne
lanugonne
accusative
nom.
lanugonne
lanugonne
gen.
lanugonne
genitive
lanugonne
lanugojenne
partitive
lanugoanne
lanugojanne
inessive
lanugossanne
lanugoissanne
elative
lanugostanne
lanugoistanne
illative
lanugoonne
lanugoihinne
adessive
lanugollanne
lanugoillanne
ablative
lanugoltanne
lanugoiltanne
allative
lanugollenne
lanugoillenne
essive
lanugonanne
lanugoinanne
translative
lanugoksenne
lanugoiksenne
abessive
lanugottanne
lanugoittanne
instructive
comitative
—lanugoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lanugonsa
lanugonsa
accusative
nom.
lanugonsa
lanugonsa
gen.
lanugonsa
genitive
lanugonsa
lanugojensa
partitive
lanugoaan lanugoansa
lanugojaan lanugojansa
inessive
lanugossaan lanugossansa
lanugoissaan lanugoissansa
elative
lanugostaan lanugostansa
lanugoistaan lanugoistansa
illative
lanugoonsa
lanugoihinsa
adessive
lanugollaan lanugollansa
lanugoillaan lanugoillansa
ablative
lanugoltaan lanugoltansa
lanugoiltaan lanugoiltansa
allative
lanugolleen lanugollensa
lanugoilleen lanugoillensa
essive
lanugonaan lanugonansa
lanugoinaan lanugoinansa
translative
lanugokseen lanugoksensa
lanugoikseen lanugoiksensa
abessive
lanugottaan lanugottansa
lanugoittaan lanugoittansa
instructive
comitative
—lanugoineen lanugoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* utukarvoitus

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lānūgō, derived from lāna (“wool”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈnu.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -uɡo
* Hyphenation: la‧nù‧go

### Noun

lanugo f (uncountable)
* (biology) lanugo
    Synonym: lanugine

### Further reading

* lanugo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Lugano, a lungo, languo, nugola

## Latin
### Etymology

lāna (“wool”) +‎ -ūgō

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /laːˈnuː.ɡoː/, [ɫ̪äːˈnuːɡoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /laˈnu.ɡo/, [läˈnuːɡo]

### Noun

lānūgō f (genitive lānūginis); third declension
* (in the poetry of every age and in post-Augustan prose) woolly substance, the down of plants, of youthful cheeks, etc.
* (transferred sense) sawdust

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

* (sawdust): scobis

#### Derived terms

* lānūgināns
* lānūgineus
* lānūginō
* lānūginōsus

#### Descendants

* → English: lanugo
* → Esperanto: lanugo
* → Italian: lanugine
* → Polish: lanugo
* → Spanish: lanugo

### References

* “lānūgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* lānūgo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 886/2.
* “lānūgō” on page 1,000/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lānūgō. Doublet of flanela and wełna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈnu.ɡɔ/
* Rhymes: -uɡɔ
* Syllabification: la‧nu‧go

### Noun

lanugo n (indeclinable)
* (anatomy) lanugo

### Further reading

* lanugo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French or Latin lanugo.

### Noun

lanugo n (uncountable)
* lanugo

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lānūgō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈnuɡo/ [laˈnu.ɣ̞o]
* Rhymes: -uɡo
* Syllabification: la‧nu‧go

### Noun

lanugo m (uncountable)
* lanugo

### Further reading

* “lanugo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10