chiurlo

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See also: chiurlò

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkjur.lo/
  • Rhymes: -urlo
  • Hyphenation: chiùr‧lo

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare French courlis, English curlew, ultimately onomatopoeic.

Noun[edit]

chiurlo m (plural chiurli, diminutive chiurlétto, augmentative chiurlòtto)

  1. Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
    Synonym: chiurlo maggiore
  2. Synonym of piovanello maggiore (“red knot”)
  3. Synonym of mignattaio (“glossy ibis”)
  4. Synonym of assiolo (“Eurasian scops owl”)
  5. (figurative, vernacular, Tuscan) fool, idiot
    Synonyms: (Tuscan) grullo, sciocco
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

chiurlo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of chiurlare

Further reading[edit]

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