cocchio
Italian
Etymology
Ultimately from German Kutsche, likely via Venetan cocio, which would explain why /t͡ʃ/ was adapted as /kkj/ (compare Venetan ocio : Italian occhio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔk.kjo/
- Rhymes: -ɔkkjo
- Hyphenation: còc‧chio
Noun
cocchio m (plural cocchi)
Related terms
References
- cocchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- “còcchio”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 3 cert–dag, UTET, 1964, page 241bc