zabro

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Zabrus, from Ancient Greek ζαβρός (zabrós, “voracious”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡za.bro/[1]
  • Rhymes: -abro
  • Hyphenation: zà‧bro

Noun

zabro m (plural zabri)

  1. any beetle of the Zabrus taxonomic genus
    Hyponym: zabro gobbo

References

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

Further reading

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