salcigno
Italian
Etymology
From salcio (“willow”) + -igno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /salˈt͡ʃiɲ.ɲo/
- Rhymes: -iɲɲo
- Hyphenation: sal‧cì‧gno
Adjective
salcigno (feminine salcigna, masculine plural salcigni, feminine plural salcigne)
- (relational) willow
- tough
- (Tuscan, figuratively) lean, wiry (of a person)
Further reading
- salcigno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- scaglino, scalogni