fronzuto

Italian

Etymology

By surface analysis, fronza (“green leaf of a wheat plant; leafy branch”) +‎ -uto (“-ed, having the object represented by the noun”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fronˈd͡zu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: fron‧zù‧to

Adjective

fronzuto (feminine fronzuta, masculine plural fronzuti, feminine plural fronzute) (literary)

  1. leafy
    Synonym: frondoso
  2. (transferred sense) arboriferous, well-wooded, woodsy, treey

References
  • fronzuto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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