infantimigulo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto infano

Latin timeōbor.

Esperanto timi

Esperanto -igi

Esperanto timigi

Russian -у́ля (-úlja)bor.

Proto-Slavic *-uľa

Polish -ulabor.

Esperanto -ulo

Esperanto infantimigulo

From infano (“child”) + timigi (“to frighten”) + -ulo (person possessing the quality of the root word).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /infantimiˈɡulo/

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: in‧fan‧ti‧mi‧gu‧lo
• Hyphenation: infan·tim·ig·ulo

Noun

infantimigulo (accusative singular infantimigulon, plural infantimiguloj, accusative plural infantimigulojn)

1. bogeyman (menacing, ghost-like monster found in children's stories)

   Synonyms: koŝmarulo, sonĝaĉulo