ceppo
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin cippus. Doublet of cippo, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ceppo m (plural ceppi)
- stump (of a tree)
- log (to burn)
- (informal, derogatory) habitually late person
- (plural only) blocks of wood used to immobilize prisoners
- (figurative, by extension) shackles, fetters
- (figurative, by extension) imprisonment, slavery, unfreedom
- (nautical) cathead
- (biology) strain
- (linguistics) phylum; stock
- (automotive) brake shoe
- (geology) sedimentary rock
- (literary) lineage; descent
- (archaic) box for the collection of duties
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ceppo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
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