spannocchio
See also: spannocchiò
Italian
Alternative forms
- spannocchia f (regional)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spanˈnɔk.kjo/
- Rhymes: -ɔkkjo
- Hyphenation: span‧nòc‧chio
Etymology 1
From spannocchia, regional variant of pannocchia (“corncob”).
Noun
spannocchio m (plural spannocchi)
- striped prawn (Melicertus kerathurus or Penaeus kerathurus)
- Synonyms: (Lazio/Marche/Toscana, Calabria, Sicilia, Puglia) ammaro, gambero imperiale, (Rome, Lazio) mazzancolla
Further reading
- Penaeus kerathurus on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- spannocchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
spannocchio
- first-person singular present indicative of spannocchiare