capecchio

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin capitulum (diminutive of Latin caput), through a Vulgar Latin form *capiclum or *capeclum as an alteration of a contracted *capitlum. Doublet of capitolo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈpek.kjo/
  • Rhymes: -ekkjo
  • Hyphenation: ca‧péc‧chio

Noun

capecchio m (plural capecchi)

  1. tow (bundle of fibres)

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