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Meaning of ūniō | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈuː.ni.oː]

Definitions

  1. a unity, union
    Late-Latin, declension-3
  2. a kind of onion
    declension-3
  3. the number one, oneness, unity
    Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-3
  4. a single large pearl
    declension-3, masculine

Equivalents

English union

Examples

“Virga mater est Domini, simplex, pura, sincera, nullo extrinsecus germine cohaerente, et ad similitudinem Dei unione fecunda. Virgae flos Christus est, dicens: "Ego flos campi, et lilium convallium".”

The stalk is the mother of God, simple, pure, sincere, adjoined by no other sprout from outside, in a manner similar to the fertile unity of God. The flower of the stalk is Christ, saying, "I am the flower of the field, and the lily of the valleys."

“Decas decima unione completur.”

A decade is complete with the tenth unit.

“namque et Juba trādit Arabicīs concham esse similem pectinī īnsectō, hirsūtam echīnorum modō, ipsum ūniōnem in carne grandinī similem.”

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“pompeianam vel ascaloniam cepam vel etiam marsicam simplicem quam vocant unionem rustici eligito: ea est autem quae non fruticavit nec habuit suboles adhaerentis Pick out a Pompeian or Ascalonian onion, or a plain Marsian onion, which rural folk call unio – the kind that has not sprouted or developed shoots.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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