aragosta

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Italian

Etymology

From earlier aligusta, most likely from Latin locusta (probably through a Vulgar Latin form lacusta), with partial concretion or agglutination and false deglutination of the preceding article.[1][2][3] Compare the borrowed doublet locusta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.raˈɡo.sta/, /a.raˈɡɔ.sta/[4]
  • Rhymes: -osta, -ɔsta
  • Hyphenation: a‧ra‧gó‧sta, a‧ra‧gò‧sta

Noun

aragosta f (plural aragoste)

  1. spiny lobster

See also

Adjective

aragosta (invariable)

  1. orange-red

References

  1. ^ aragosta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ aragosta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  3. ^ aragósta o aragòsta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  4. ^ aragosta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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