picco
See also: Picco and piccò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpik.ko/
- Rhymes: -ikko
- Hyphenation: pìc‧co
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from French pic.
Noun
picco m (plural picchi)
- (geography) peak, summit
- Synonyms: cima, vetta
- spike, peak (of a graph)
- (figuratively) peak, high
- Synonym: apice
- spur
- a diagonal beam on which a sail is attached, called gaff in English, or see also nautical peak
Derived terms
- a picco
- picco del petrolio
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
picco
- first-person singular present indicative of piccare
- first-person singular present indicative of piccarsi