codolo

Italian

Etymology

Diminutive form of coda (“tail”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈko.do.lo/
  • Rhymes: -odolo
  • Hyphenation: có‧do‧lo

Noun

codolo m (plural codoli)

  1. tang (part of a knife, fork, etc., which is inserted into the handle)
  2. (firearms) tang (projecting part of a musket barrel)

Further reading
  • codolo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • codolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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