tacco

See also: taccò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtak.ko/
• Rhymes: -akko
• Hyphenation: tàc‧co

Etymology 1

Back-formation from taccone.

Noun

tacco m (plural tacchi)

1. heel (of a shoe)

   Synonym: calcagno

   I tacchi alti ― The high heels

2. chock (to stop a wheel)

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: tȁk (“heel”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tacco

1. first-person singular present indicative of taccare

References

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

Anagrams

• tocca