biavo

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin blāvus, from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, yellowish-gray”). Compare the doublet blu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbja.vo/
  • Rhymes: -avo
  • Hyphenation: bià‧vo

Adjective

biavo (feminine biava, masculine plural biavi, feminine plural biave)

  1. (literary, puristic) sky blue

Further reading

  • biavo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • biavo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • biàvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • biavo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • biavo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Adjective

biavo (feminine singular biava, masculine plural biavi, feminine plural biave)

  1. sky blue
  2. faded, colourless, washed-out
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