orgoglio

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *orgollium, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju (pride, arrogance).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /orˈɡoʎ.ʎo/, /orˈɡɔʎ.ʎo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -oʎʎo, -ɔʎʎo
  • Hyphenation: or‧gó‧glio, or‧gò‧glio
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Noun

orgoglio m (plural orgogli)

  1. pride

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Romanian: orgoliu
  • Sardinian: orgòlliu, orgogliu
  • Sicilian: orgogliu, orgogghiu, urgogghiu

References

  1. orgoglio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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

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