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6-letter words (1 found)

BONITO,

5-letter words (3 found)

BIONT,NOOIT,OOBIT,

4-letter words (11 found)

BINT,BITO,BOON,BOOT,INTO,NOOB,OBIT,OINT,ONTO,OONT,TOON,

3-letter words (21 found)

BIN,BIO,BIT,BOI,BON,BOO,BOT,ION,NIB,NIT,NOB,NOO,NOT,OBI,OBO,ONO,OON,OOT,TIN,TON,TOO,

2-letter words (12 found)

BI,BO,IN,IO,IT,NO,OB,OI,ON,OO,TI,TO,

You can make 48 words from bonito according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bonito

bonito

Etymology

From Spanish bonito, from Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

Noun

bonito (plural bonito or bonitos or bonitoes)

  1. Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna. [from 16th c.]
    • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 165:
      Mr Scott, the chief mate, being a capital fisherman, the table was almost daily furnished with an albacore, bonito, or dolphin, and not unfrequently with all three, which he struck with a gig.
  2. A large tropical fish of species Katsuwonus pelamis (skipjack tuna), allied to the tunny.
  3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
  4. The cobia or crab eater (Rachycentron canadum), an edible fish of warm waters globally.

Derived terms

  • Australian bonito (Sarda australis)
  • Eastern Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis chiliensis)
  • Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis lineolata)
  • striped bonito (Sarda orientalis)
  • Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda)
  • leaping bonito (Cybiosarda elegans)
  • plain bonito (Orcynopsis unicolor)
  • large bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis)

Translations

See also

  • skipjack
  • tunny

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔˈɲi.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -itɔ
  • Syllabification: bo‧ni‧to
  • Homophone: Bonito

Noun

bonito m animal (indeclinable)

  1. bonito, skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)
    Synonyms: bonito latający, bonito paskowany, tunek pasiasty, tuńczyk pasiasty, tuńczyk skoczek

Further reading

  • bonito in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bo‧ni‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish bonito (“pretty, lovely”), a diminutive of bueno (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”).

Adjective

bonito (feminine bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas, comparable, comparative mais bonito, superlative o mais bonito or bonitíssimo, diminutive bonitinho, augmentative bonitão)

  1. pretty, lovely
    Synonyms: belo, formoso
    Antonym: feio
Inflection
Related terms
  • bom
  • bonzinho

Adverb

bonito (comparable, comparative mais bonito, superlative o mais bonito)

  1. beautifully, in a beautiful way
    Ela canta bonito ― She sings beautifully

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: bunitu

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bonito, from Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt).

Noun

bonito m (plural bonitos)

  1. various species of fish related to or sharing resemblance with the tuna, such as the albacore and the frigate tuna

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈnito/ [boˈni.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Syllabification: bo‧ni‧to

Etymology 1

Diminutive of bueno, without diphthong when "o" is not stressed; see -ito.

Adjective

bonito (feminine bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas)

  1. pretty, cute
  2. nice, lovely, sweet, fine, charming, great
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt).

Noun

bonito m (plural bonitos)

  1. (zoology) tuna; bonito
  2. (zoology) skipjack

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • bunito

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bonito, from Arabic بَيْنِيث (baynīṯ), from Aramaic בִּינִִיתָא / בִּנִִיתָא (binnīṯā) / ܒܝܼܢܝܵܬܵܐ (bīnyāṯā), from Akkadian 𒁉𒉌𒀉 (bi-ni-it /⁠binītu⁠/) / 𒁉𒉡𒌓 (bi-nu-ut /⁠binūtu⁠/).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈnito/, [boˈni.to]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ni‧to

Noun

bonito (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈᜒᜆᜓ)

  1. yellowfin tuna
    Synonym: tulingan

See also

Further reading

  • “bonito” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • “bunito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org