ciò

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See also: cio, CIO, cío, ĉio, ci'o, and -ció

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Late Latin ecce hoc, from ecce (“behold, voilà”) +‎ hoc (“this”).[1]. Compare Sicilian zoccu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔ/*
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Hyphenation: ciò
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Pronoun[edit]

ciò (demonstrative)

  1. this
    Synonyms: lo, questo
  2. that

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 135

Further reading[edit]

  • ciò in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • ciò in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams[edit]

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