occhio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian occhio (“eye”). Doublet of oculus.

Noun

occhio (plural occhios)

(rare) A sound hole

Related terms

eye
malocchio, maloik

References

Harvard Dictionary of Music

Italian

Un occhio.

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus, syncopated from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of oculo, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔk.kjo/
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Rhymes: -ɔkkjo
Hyphenation: òc‧chio

Noun

occhio m (plural occhi, diminutive occhièllo, augmentative occhióne, pejorative occhiàccio, diminutive-endearing occhiétto or occhiettìno or occhìno or occhiolìno; (uncommon) occhiùccio or occhiùzzo)

eye
(botany) hilum

Derived terms

a occhio e croce (“about, approximately, roughly, more or less, odd”)
a perdita d'occhio (“as far as the eye can see”)
Bellocchio (Italian surname)
in un batter d'occhio (“in the twinkling of an eye; at the drop of a hat”)
occhiaia (“eye socket”)
occhiali (“glasses, spectacles, eyeglasses”)
occhiata (“look, glance”)
occhieggiare (“to eye, eye up, ogle; to peep, appear”)
occhiello (“buttonhole; eyelet; half title”)
occhio di mosca (“5-point type”)
occhio verde (“greeneye”)
occhiocotto (“Sardinian warbler”)
occhiolino (“wink”)

Related terms

Interjection

occhio

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