uccello

See also: uccellò

Italian

uccelli

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /utˈt͡ʃɛl.lo/
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Rhymes: -ɛllo
Hyphenation: uc‧cèl‧lo

Etymology 1

From Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Doublet of augello, which was borrowed from Occitan. Compare Neapolitan auciello, Ligurian öxéllo.

Noun

uccello m (plural uccelli)

bird
Synonyms: volatile, pennuto, augello(archaic)
(slang, vulgar) willy (British), peter (US), dick; (the penis)

Derived terms

uccellaccio m (“bird of prey; bird of ill omen; dupe”)
uccellagione f (“hunting or shooting birds; The season for doing this; the birds killed”)
uccellaia f (“a large number of birds;a place where hawking takes place; confused chatter; affair (of the heart); deception; mockery”)
uccellaio m (“bird breeder or seller”)
uccellame m (“bag of gamebirds (caught by a hunter)”)
uccellamento m, uccellatura f (“bird-catching; mockery; prank”)
uccellanda f (“fowling (bird-catching) site”)
uccellare (“to catch birds or fowl; to fool or trick”)
uccellatoio m (“place for bird-catching”)
uccellatore m (“bird-catcher”)
uccelletto m (“small bird”)
uccellino m (“little or young bird”)
uccello mosca f (“hummingbird”)
uccellone m (“big bird”)
uccello rapace m (“bird of prey”)

Verb

uccello

first-person singular present indicative of uccellare