pennacchio
See also: Pennacchio
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *pinnaclum, from Late Latin pinnāculum, from Latin pinna. Diminutive of penne. Doublet of pinnacolo, and also panache.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /penˈnak.kjo/
- Rhymes: -akkjo
- Hyphenation: pen‧nàc‧chio
Noun
pennacchio m (plural pennacchi)
- plume
- (architecture) pendentive
Related terms
- pennacchiera
- pennacchiuto
Descendants
- → Middle French: pennache
- French: panache
- → English: panache
- → Italian: panache
- → Romanian: panaș
- French: panache
- → Portuguese: penacho
- → Spanish: penacho
Further reading
- pennacchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- pannocchie