fioco

Italian

Etymology

Akin to fiacco (“tired, feeble”), from Latin flaccus (“flabby, flaccid”), possibly with contamination of roco, rauco (“hoarse”). Compare also German flau (“weak”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfjɔ.ko/
Rhymes: -ɔko
Hyphenation: fiò‧co

Adjective

fioco (feminine fioca, masculine plural fiochi, feminine plural fioche)

hoarse, feeble, weak, faint
dim, wan
- early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 61–63:
  Mentre ch’i’ rovinava in basso loco, ¶ dinanzi a li occhi mi si fu offerto ¶ chi per lungo silenzio parea fioco.
  While I was rushing downward to the lowland, before my eyes presented himself he who looked dim due to long-continued silence.

Derived terms

fiocamente
infiochire

Anagrams

ciofo

单词	fioco
释义	fioco Italian Etymology Akin to fiacco (“tired, feeble”), from Latin flaccus (“flabby, flaccid”), possibly with contamination of roco, rauco (“hoarse”). Compare also German flau (“weak”). Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˈfjɔ.ko/ Rhymes: -ɔko Hyphenation: fiò‧co Adjective fioco (feminine fioca, masculine plural fiochi, feminine plural fioche) hoarse, feeble, weak, faint dim, wan early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 61–63: Mentre ch’i’ rovinava in basso loco, ¶ dinanzi a li occhi mi si fu offerto ¶ chi per lungo silenzio parea fioco. While I was rushing downward to the lowland, before my eyes presented himself he who looked dim due to long-continued silence. Derived terms fiocamente infiochire Further reading fioco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “fioco”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati Anagrams ciofo
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