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Italian
Etymology
From caverna + -colo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.verˈni.ko.lo/
- Rhymes: -ikolo
- Hyphenation: ca‧ver‧nì‧co‧lo
Adjective
cavernicolo (feminine cavernicola, masculine plural cavernicoli, feminine plural cavernicole)
- cavernicolous
Noun
cavernicolo m (plural cavernicoli, feminine cavernicola)
- cave dweller, caveman
- Synonym: troglodita
Further reading
- cavernicolo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- cavernicolo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- cavernicolo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- cavernicolo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- cavernìcolo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- cavernìcolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
cavernicolō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cavernicolus