singhiozzo
See also: singhiozzò
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sinˈɡjot.t͡so/
- Rhymes: -ottso
- Hyphenation: sin‧ghióz‧zo
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *singlutius, ultimately from Latin singultus, influenced by gluttiō. Compare French sanglot, Venetian sangiuto. Compare also Portuguese soluço, Romanian sughiț, Spanish sollozo, Sicilian sugghiuzzu, from suggluttium.
Noun
singhiozzo m (plural singhiozzi)
- hiccup, singultus
- sob
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Filocopo, published 1723, page 147:
- come ella potè, ſi ſforzò di parlare, e con debol voce, rotta da molti ſinghiozzi di pianto, disse.
- She struggled to speak, and with a feeble voice, among many crying sobs, she said
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Derived terms
- a singhiozzo
- singhiozzio
Related terms
- singhiozzare
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
singhiozzo
- first-person singular present indicative of singhiozzare