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Italian
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin plautus (“having flat feet, or wide ears”), via a southern dialect, like Neapolitan. The geminate -tt- may be due to influence of *plattus (“flat”) (whence Italian piatto and Neapolitan chiatto).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkjɔt.to/
- Rhymes: -ɔtto
- Hyphenation: chiòt‧to
Adjective
chiotto (feminine chiotta, masculine plural chiotti, feminine plural chiotte)
- quiet, still, be it because of pressure, fear, hypocrisy, or in order to act in secret
- (by extension) sly
- Synonym: sornione
Further reading
- chiotto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- chiotto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- ciotto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication