coglia

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cōlea n pl, from Latin cōleus m sg, of Ancient Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʎ.ʎa/
• Rhymes: -oʎʎa
• Hyphenation: có‧glia

Noun

coglia f (plural coglie)

1. (literary, anatomy) scrotum

   Synonym: scroto

   • Uom fin quasi al pube, stallone il resto della grossa coglia (speaking of a centaur) ― A man nearly up to his pubis, stallion-like [was] the rest of his large scrotum
2. (vulgar) a stupid person

Related terms

• coglione

References

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

Anagrams

• algico, caglio, cagliò, cigola, logica