scoglio

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from a Gallo-Italic descendant of Vulgar Latin *scoculum, from Classical Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɔʎ.ʎo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔʎʎo
  • Hyphenation: scò‧glio
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

scoglio m (plural scogli)

  1. cliff, rock (in the sea); a reef
  2. (figurative) difficulty, stumbling block
  3. (computing) bug (in a program)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Iberia:
    • Leonese: escoyu (Salamanca)
    • Portuguese: escolho
    • Spanish: escollo

References[edit]

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

Anagrams[edit]

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