Meaning
roar, rhombus, turbot
- deep, low roaring or rumbling sound (thunder, engines)
- rhombus or diamond shape (geometry)
- turbot or flatfish (zoology, culinary)
In a sentence
Il rombo degli aerei a reazione ha svegliato l'intero quartiere.
The roar of the jet planes woke up the entire neighborhood.
In geometria, il rombo ha quattro lati uguali ma angoli non retti.
In geometry, a rhombus has four equal sides but non-right angles.
Stasera al ristorante abbiamo ordinato un delizioso rombo al forno.
Tonight at the restaurant we ordered a delicious baked turbot.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rombo | masculine · singular |
| rombi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Polisemic word: acoustic roar, geometric shape, and flatfish are identical in spelling and gender.
- For acoustics, often collocated with 'di tuono' (peal of thunder) or 'del motore' (engine roar).