mucchio

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mūtulus, syncopated to *mutlus, or from cumulus, transposed to a Vulgar Latin form *muculus > *muclus. Based on the first etymology, mutulo is a doublet, and based on the second, cumulo and cumolo are.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuk.kjo/
  • Rhymes: -ukkjo
  • Hyphenation: mùc‧chio

Noun

mucchio m (plural mucchi)

  1. heap, pile, crop

Derived terms

  • mucchia
  • mucchiétto
  • mucchiettino
  • mucchióne
  • mucchiàccio

Further reading

  • mucchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • mucchio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
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