cieco

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic *kaikos (“blind”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos (“one-eyed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.ko/
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Homophone: ceco
Rhymes: -ɛko

Adjective

cieco (feminine cieca, masculine plural ciechi, feminine plural cieche)

blind
Synonyms: cecato, (also figuratively) orbo
1. unable to see
2. failing to perceive
  amore cieco ― blind love
  
  ubbidienza cieca ― blind obedience
3. (literary) having no openings for light
4. (literary) having a dead end

Noun

cieco m (plural ciechi, feminine cieca)

blind person

Derived terms

Related terms

alla cieca (“blindly, gropingly, at random”)
cecamente, ciecamente (“blindly”)
cecare, ciecare (“to blind”)
cecato (“blind”, adjective)
cecità (“blindness”)
moscacieca, mosca cieca (“blind man's buff”)
sordocieco (“deafblind”)

See also

al buio

Anagrams

cecio, cioce

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