spicchio
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Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *spiclu(m), contracted form of Latin spīculum, diminutive of spīcum, alternative form of spīca (“ear of grain”). Doublet of spigolo.
Noun[edit]
spicchio m (plural spicchi)
- segment (of a citrus fruit)
- clove (bulb of garlic)
- Synonym: bulbillo
- (by extension) wedge (wedge-shaped piece of food)
- (by extension) any wedge-shaped portion of something, especially round objects:
- (heraldry) any arm or point of a cross; any ray of a star
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- spicchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
spicchio
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ikkjo
- Rhymes:Italian/ikkjo/2 syllables
- Italian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Italian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian doublets
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Heraldry
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian verb forms