tetro

See also: Tetro

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tetrao.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtetro/

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• Rhymes: -etro
• Syllabification: te‧tro

Noun

tetro (accusative singular tetron, plural tetroj, accusative plural tetrojn) (rare)

1. black grouse; (Fundamento) grouse

Related terms

• tetrao

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taetrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tro/
• Rhymes: -ɛtro
• Hyphenation: tè‧tro

Adjective

tetro (feminine tetra, masculine plural tetri, feminine plural tetre)

1. gloomy, sullen
2. bleak, dismal, grim

Derived terms

• tetramente

Further reading

• “tetro”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Ettòr, retto, retto-, rotte, torte, trote

Latin

Adjective

tētrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tēter

References

• “tetro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tetro”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taeter (“foul, offensive”), taetra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtetɾo/ [ˈt̪e.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -etɾo
• Syllabification: te‧tro

Adjective

tetro (feminine tetra, masculine plural tetros, feminine plural tetras)

1. black; stained

Further reading

• “tetro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025