tacchino

Italian

Etymology 1

Possibly of onomatopoeic origin + -ino (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /takˈki.no/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: tac‧chì‧no

Noun

tacchino m (plural tacchini, feminine tacchina)

  1. turkey (“bird (male) and meat”)
    Synonym: (regional) lucio

Further reading

  • tacchino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • tacchino in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtak.ki.no/
  • Rhymes: -akkino
  • Hyphenation: tàc‧chi‧no

Verb

tacchino

  1. inflection of taccare:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

References

  1. ^ tacchino in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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