cieco

Italian

Etymology

From Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.ko/

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• Homophone: ceco
• Rhymes: -ɛko

Adjective

cieco (feminine cieca, masculine plural ciechi, feminine plural cieche)

1. blind

   Synonyms: cecato, (also figuratively) orbo

   1. unable to see
   2. failing to perceive

      amore cieco ― blind love

      ubbidienza cieca ― blind obedience

   3. (literary) having no openings for light
   4. (literary) having a dead end

Noun

cieco m (plural ciechi, feminine cieca)

1. blind person

Derived terms

• accecare
• alla cieca
• cecamente, ciecamente
• cecità
• moscacieca, mosca cieca
• sordocieco

Related terms

• alla cieca (“blindly, gropingly, at random”)
• cecamente, ciecamente (“blindly”)
• cecare, ciecare (“to blind”)
• cecato (“blind”, adjective)
• cecità (“blindness”)
• moscacieca, mosca cieca (“blind man's buff”)
• sordocieco (“deafblind”)

See also

• al buio

Anagrams

• cecio, cioce