different between plumbago vs lumbago

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumb?g? (“type of lead ore”), from plumbum (“lead”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pl?m?be????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pl?m?be??o?/

Noun

plumbago (countable and uncountable, plural plumbagos or plumbagoes)

1. (botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. [from 17th c.]
2. (mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

• graphite
• black lead

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Plumbago”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “plumbago”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumb?g?. See also plombagine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plœ?.ba.?o/

Noun

plumbago m (plural plumbagos)

1. (botany) plumbago

Synonyms

• dentelaire

Latin

Etymology

plumbum (“lead”) +? -?g?

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /plum?ba?.?o?/, [p???m?bä??o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /plum?ba.?o/, [plum?b????]

Noun

plumb?g? f (genitive plumb?ginis); third declension

1. graphite
2. the color of graphite
3. leadwort

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

• English: plumbago
• French: plombagine, plumbago
• Italian: piombaggine
• Spanish: plumbagina, plumbagíneo

References

• plumbago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• plumbago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Late Latin lumb?g? (“backache of the lumbar region”), from Late Latin lumbus (“lumbar”), Latin lumbus (“loin”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lend?- (“loins”)) + -?g? (suffix forming nouns describing objects, animals, and plants).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l?m?be????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?m?be???o?/, /?l?m-/
• Rhymes: -e????
• Hyphenation: lum?ba?go

Noun

lumbago (countable and uncountable, plural lumbagos) (pathology, also attributively)

1. (uncountable) Backache of the lumbar region or lower back, which can be caused by muscle strain or a slipped disc.

   Synonyms: low back pain, (abbreviation) LBP
2. (countable) An episode of such backache.

Related terms

• lumbaginous

Translations

See also

• Thesaurus:pain

Verb

lumbago (third-person singular simple present lumbagos, present participle lumbagoing, simple past and past participle lumbagoed)

1. (transitive) To affect (someone) with lumbago.

Translations

References

Further reading

• low back pain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

1. (pathology) lumbago (pain in the lower back)

Romanian

Etymology

From French lumbago, from Latin lumbago.

Noun

lumbago n (uncountable)

1. lumbago

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lumb?go.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lum?ba?o/, [l?m?ba.??o]
• Rhymes: -a?o
• Hyphenation: lum?ba?go

Noun

lumbago m (plural lumbagos)

1. (pathology) lumbago

   Synonym: lumbalgia

Further reading

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