orzaiolo
Italian
Alternative forms
- orzaiuolo (literary)
- orzarolo (dialectal)
Etymology
From Late Latin hordeolus, diminutive of Latin hordeum (“barley”). It may have possibly come from another root *hordeariolum < hordeārium, or was influenced phonetically by a hypothetical *orzaio in Italian.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /or.d͡zaˈjɔ.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɔlo
- Hyphenation: or‧za‧iò‧lo
Noun
orzaiolo m (plural orzaioli)
- stye (in the eye)
References
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “orzaiuolo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati