B1🏥 Medical
Italian word
polmone
lung
Looks like
pulmonary (via Latin pulmo)
pulmonary = relating to the lungs (adjective)
⚠️ The trap
Not a false friend in meaning — 'polmone' = lung, which relates to 'pulmonary'. The trap is learners trying to say 'pulmonare' thinking it means lung (it doesn't — it means pulmonary). 'Malattia polmonare' = pulmonary disease.
To say "pulmonary = relating to the lungs (adjective)" in Italian:
polmone (correct — noun for lung)
"polmone" in English means:
lung
Example
"Il fumo danneggia seriamente i polmoni."
"Smoking seriously damages the lungs."
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