cieco
Italian
Etymology
From Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.ko/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: ceco
- Rhymes: -ɛko
Adjective
cieco (feminine cieca, masculine plural ciechi, feminine plural cieche)
- blind
- unable to see
- failing to perceive
- amore cieco ― blind love
- ubbidienza cieca ― blind obedience
- (literary) having no openings for light
- (literary) having a dead end
Noun
cieco m (plural ciechi, feminine cieca)
- blind person
Derived terms
Related terms
- alla cieca (“blindly, gropingly, at random”)
- cecamente, ciecamente (“blindly”)
- cecare, ciecare (“to blind”)
- cecato (“blind”, adjective)
- cecità (“blindness”)
- moscacieca, mosca cieca (“blind man's buff”)
- sordocieco (“deafblind”)