grottesco

Italian

Etymology

    From grotta (“cave”) +‎ -esco (relational suffix).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡrotˈtes.ko/
    • Rhymes: -esko
    • Hyphenation: grot‧té‧sco

    Adjective

    grottesco (feminine grottesca, masculine plural grotteschi, feminine plural grottesche)

    1. grotesque

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Catalan: grotesc
    • → Middle French: grotesque
    • → Piedmontese: grotesch
    • → Portuguese: grotesco
    • → Spanish: grotesco

    Further reading

    • grottesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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