Meanings
palomino1
nounpalomino (plural palominos)
plural palominos
- A horse with a golden-colored coat and a white or cream-colored mane and tail.
I mount my palomino and ride off; his flaxen mane and tail are full of the wind.
2009, Percival Everett, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, Influx Press, page 2171 more example
We've added a tiny-horse level […] [Tiny horse, to another tiny horse:] Any pal of yours is a palomino.
2019, Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton, The 117-Story Treehouse, American Edition, page 8
Palomino2
Origin
- Spanishpalomino
- Englishpalomino
Borrowed from Spanish palomino, from paloma (“dove, pigeon”) + diminutive suffix -ino.
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 帕洛米諾馬 /帕洛米诺马
- 帕洛米諾馬 /帕洛米诺马 (pàluòmǐnuò-mǎ)horse
Finnish voikko, palomino
- voikkohorse
- palominohorse
Icelandic leirljós
- leirljóshorse
Portuguese palomino
- palominohorse
Russian ло́шадь паломи́но
- ло́шадь паломи́но (lóšadʹ palomíno)horse
Spanish caballo palomino
- caballo palominohorse
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with palomino
casinoaminokenoFilipinopinotneutrinocappuccinovinokinobeanoSorrentinoblatinocioppinoracinolutinoarancinobabycinoballerinodecominogrissinopulvino
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
palomino. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palomino
MLA
“palomino.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palomino. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “palomino,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palomino.
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