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Italian
Etymology
From Latin cilium, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-yo-m, which is derived from *ḱel- (“to cover”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiʎ.ʎo/
- Rhymes: -iʎʎo
- Hyphenation: cì‧glio
Noun
ciglio m (plural (in the literal meanings) ciglia f or (in the figurative meanings or rarely in the literal meanings) cigli m)
- eyelash
- eyebrow
- Synonym: sopracciglio
- (figurative) border, edge, side, gutter (of a street)
- Synonyms: margine, bordo, lato, orlo
- (figurative, poetic) eye, look
- Synonym: sguardo
- (in the plural, biology) cilia
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