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Italian
Etymology
From Latin agnellus, diminutive of agnus. Cognates include Catalan anyell, French agneau and Romanian miel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɲˈɲɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: a‧gnèl‧lo
Noun
agnello m (plural agnelli, feminine agnella)
- lamb
- Synonym: (obsolete, literary) agno
Egli ha raccontato un breve aneddoto su un americano che, in uno zoo di Mosca, aveva visto, con sua grande sorpresa, una gabbia che conteneva un lupo e un agnello.- He related a short anecdote about an American who, to his surprise, had seen a cage containing a wolf and a lamb in a Moscow zoo.
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
agnellō
- dative/ablative singular of agnellus