gnocco

Italian

Etymology

From Venetian gnoco, perhaps from Lombard knohhil (“knot in wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɲɔk.ko/
• Stress: gnòcco
• Hyphenation: gnoc‧co
• Rhymes: -ɔkko

Noun

gnocco m (plural gnocchi)

1. (cooking) Italian variety of dumpling
2. (by extension) knot, lump

   Synonyms: grumo, nodo

3. (figuratively) goof, idiot

   Synonyms: cretino, tonto

   un vero gnocco ― a real goof

4. (slang) A handsome male.

Adjective

gnocco (feminine singular gnocca, masculine plural gnocchi, feminine plural gnocche)

1. (slang) handsome, good looking

Derived terms

• gnocca

Related terms

• gnocchi