zirlo

See also: zirlò

Italian

FWOTD – 19 August 2013

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zir.lo/, (traditional) */ˈt͡sir.lo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -irlo
  • Hyphenation: zìr‧lo

Etymology 1

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

zirlo m (plural zirli)

  1. the song of a thrush
    • 2010, Oscar Wilde, Il ritratto di Dorian Gray, Oscar Mondadori, page 195:
      Pareva lo zirlo di un tordo.
      It sounded like the song of a thrush.

Etymology 2

Verb

zirlo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zirlare

References

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