rampollo
See also: rampollò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ramˈpol.lo/
- Rhymes: -ollo
- Hyphenation: ram‧pól‧lo
Etymology 1
Probably from Latin rāmī pullus (literally “sprout of the branch”).
Noun
rampollo m (plural rampolli)
- shoot (of a plant)
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier (2002), Canto IV, p. 76 vv. 130-131:
- Nasce per quello, a guisa di rampollo, ¶ a piè del vero il dubbio; [...]
- Therefore springs up, in fashion of a shoot, ¶ doubt at the foot of truth; [...]
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier (2002), Canto IV, p. 76 vv. 130-131:
- (literary) spring (of water)
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Gabriel Giolito (1551), Canto XXVI, p.123:
- Quindi uede laſſar gli argini molli, ¶ e fuor l'acqua ſpicciar con piu rampolli.
- 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Gabriel Giolito (1551), Canto XXVI, p.123:
Noun
rampollo m (plural rampolli, feminine rampolla)
- descendant, scion
Verb
rampollo
- first-person singular present indicative of rampollare