foruncolo
Italian
Alternative forms
- furunculo (literary)
- furunculo, furoncolo, foroncolo (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fūrunculus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foˈrun.ko.lo/
- Rhymes: -unkolo
- Hyphenation: fo‧rùn‧co‧lo
Noun
foruncolo m (plural foruncoli)
- (medicine) boil
- pock, pimple, zit
Further reading
- foruncolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana