cuculo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin cucūlus, possibly borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.ku.lo/, (traditional) /kuˈku.lo/[1]
Noun
cuculo m (plural cuculi)
- cuckoo; properly the common cuckoo
- Synonyms: cucco, cuccù, cucù
Further reading
- cuculo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
References
- cuculo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Noun
cucūlō
- dative singular of cucūlus
- ablative singular of cucūlus
References
- cuculo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cuculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette