paloma

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pəˈlo.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /paˈlo.ma/

paloma f (plural palomes)

1. A parasol mushroom, especially the highly edible Macrolepiota procera
2. (dialectal) A butterfly.
3. (dialectal, archaic) A dove or pigeon.

• (butterfly): papallona
• (bird): colom

• paloma blanca
• palometa

Borrowed from Spanish paloma (“dove”).

paloma

1. dove

From Old Spanish paloma, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈloma/
• Hyphenation: pa‧lo‧ma

paloma f (plural palomas, masculine palomo, masculine plural palomos)

1. dove, pigeon
2. (Central America, Venezuela) penis

• (penis): See Thesaurus:pene.

• (dove, pigeon): pichón

• palomar
• palomino
• palomita

• “paloma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.