"tornasole" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /tor.naˈso.le/ Forms: tornasoli [plural]
Rhymes: -ole Etymology: Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to turn (archaic)”) + sole (“sun”). Compare Modern Italian girasole. The sense “litmus” originated by the substance originally being taken from said plant. Compare French tournesol and Spanish tornasol. Etymology templates: {{q|archaic}} (archaic), {{it-verb-obj|tornare<t:to turn (archaic)>|sole<t:sun>}} Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to turn (archaic)”) + sole (“sun”), {{m+|it|girasole}} Italian girasole, {{cog|fr|tournesol}} French tournesol, {{cog|es|tornasol}} Spanish tornasol Head templates: {{it-noun|m|~}} tornasole m (countable and uncountable, plural tornasoli)
  1. (countable)
    (archaic, dialectal) sunflower
    Tags: archaic, countable, dialectal, masculine, uncountable Synonyms: girasole
    Sense id: en-tornasole-it-noun-it:sunflower
  2. (countable)
    turnsole (Chrozophora tinctoria)
    Tags: countable, masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tornasole-it-noun-it:specific_plant
  3. (uncountable, chemistry) litmus (substance) Tags: masculine, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms: laccamuffa [rare]
    Sense id: en-tornasole-it-noun-it:chemistry Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verb-object compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 29 3 68 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 22 3 75 Disambiguation of Italian verb-object compounds: 25 13 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 6 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 5 87 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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