Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
campanaru. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
campanaru, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
campanaru in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
campanaru you have here. The definition of the word
campanaru will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
campanaru, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Sicilian
Etymology
From campana (“bell”) + -aru. Compare Spanish campanario, Greek καμπαναριό (kampanarió, “bell tower”) and Italian campanaro, Spanish campanero (“bell ringer”).
Noun
campanaru m (plural campanari)
- bell tower, belfry, campanile (steeple of a church containing a bell)
- Synonym: campanili
- girari comu la bannirola di lu campanaru ― to be unstable (literally, “to spin like the bell tower's weather vane”)
- bell ringer (someones who rings bells)
- Synonym: campanarista
- bellmaker (someone who makes bells)
- Synonym: campaniddaru
- entrails, guts
- Synonym of pupu cu l'ovu
- (sulfur mining) A place where the ceiling of the sulfur mine is muddy and precarious.
- the head of a cod
Descendants
See also
Adjective
campanaru (feminine singular campanara, masculine and feminine plural campanari)
- leading (animal) wearing a bell on its neck
- bestia campanara ― leading animal
- crastu campanaru ― bellwether
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “campanaru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 637
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “campanaru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 236
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “campanaru”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 131