cuoio

• cuojo (obsolete)

From Latin corium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔ.jo/
• Rhymes: -ɔjo
• Hyphenation: cuò‧io

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cuoio m (plural cuoi m or (archaic except in fixed expressions) cuoia f)

1. leather

   Il paese produce per l’esportazione prodotti in cuoio, te, pesce e frutti di mare.

   The country exports leather, tea, fish and other marine products.

• The feminine plural cuoia is archaic but still used in the expression tirare le cuoia (“to bite the dust”).

• cuoiaio
• semicuoio

• scuoiare