zoppo

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See also: zoppò

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian zoppo.

Adjective[edit]

zoppo (not comparable)

  1. (music) Alternately with and without syncopation.

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zɔp.po/, (traditional) */ˈt͡sɔp.po/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔppo
  • Hyphenation: zòp‧po

Etymology 1[edit]

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin cloppus, perhaps ultimately imitative of a limping person.[2] Compare Romanian șchiop, cf. also Catalan and Occitan esclop, Old French clop.

Adjective[edit]

zoppo (feminine zoppa, masculine plural zoppi, feminine plural zoppe)

  1. lame, limp, crippled
  2. shaky, rickety, unsteady, wobbly (of furniture)
Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

zoppo m (plural zoppi, feminine zoppa)

  1. a lame person; a cripple
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

zoppo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zoppare

References[edit]

  1. ^ zoppo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha-Honor Medical Society. (1982). United States: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, p. 24
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