cagnolo
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɲˈɲɔ.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɔlo
- Hyphenation: ca‧gnò‧lo
Etymology 1
From cane (“dog”) + -olo (diminutive suffix), using the root found in cagna (“female dog”). Compare Sicilian cagnolu.
Alternative forms
- cagnuolo (literary)
Adjective
cagnolo (feminine cagnola, masculine plural cagnoli, feminine plural cagnole)
- (veterinary medicine) having a deviated hoof tip (of horses)
Noun
cagnolo m (plural cagnoli)
- (uncommon) Diminutive of cane: small dog
- Synonym: cagnolino
- (ornithology, regional) Synonym of quattrocchi (“goldeneye”)
- (numismatics) a 15th-century coin
- (engineering) a small stopping dent
Further reading
Etymology 2
From a derivation of Late Latin canneus, derived from Latin canna (“reed”).
Further reading
- cagnolo3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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