occhio
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian occhio (“eye”). Doublet of oculus.
Noun
occhio (plural occhios)
- (rare) A sound hole
Related terms
- eye
- malocchio, maloik
References
- Harvard Dictionary of Music
Italian
Un occhio.
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin oclus, syncopated from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of oculo, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔk.kjo/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔkkjo
- Hyphenation: òc‧chio
Noun
occhio m (plural occhi, diminutive occhièllo, augmentative occhióne, pejorative occhiàccio, diminutive-endearing occhiétto or occhiettìno or occhìno or occhiolìno; (uncommon) occhiùccio or occhiùzzo)
- eye
- (botany) hilum
Derived terms
- a occhio e croce (“about, approximately, roughly, more or less, odd”)
- a perdita d'occhio (“as far as the eye can see”)
- Bellocchio (Italian surname)
- in un batter d'occhio (“in the twinkling of an eye; at the drop of a hat”)
- occhiaia (“eye socket”)
- occhiali (“glasses, spectacles, eyeglasses”)
- occhiata (“look, glance”)
- occhieggiare (“to eye, eye up, ogle; to peep, appear”)
- occhiello (“buttonhole; eyelet; half title”)
- occhiocotto (“Sardinian warbler”)
- occhio di mosca (“5-point type”)
- occhiolino (“wink”)
- occhio verde (“greeneye”)
Related terms
- adocchiare
- oculare
Interjection
occhio
- look out! watch out!
- mind!
- beware!