cocco
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Portuguese coco. Doublet of cocco (“cochineal”) and coque.
Noun
cocco m (plural cocchi)
- coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
- Synonym: palma da cocco
- (uncountable) coconut (edible flesh of the coconut fruit)
- (mycology) Synonym of ovolo (“Caesar's mushroom”)
- (uncountable, slang) cocaine
- Synonym: cocaina
Derived terms
- noce di cocco (“coconut”)
- latte di cocco (“coconut milk”)
- cocco rapè (“coconut flakes”)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
cocco m (plural cocchi, feminine cocca)
Etymology 3
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Noun
cocco m (plural cocchi)
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Etymology 4
Borrowed from New Latin coccus, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
Noun
cocco m (plural cocchi)
Related terms
Etymology 5
Borrowed from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain; seed; berry”). Doublet of cocco (“coconut”) and coque.
Noun
cocco m (plural cocchi)
- (archaic) cochineal (red dye)
- Synonym: cocciniglia
Further reading
- cocco1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- cocco2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- cocco3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- cocco4 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- cocco5 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
coccō
References
- cocco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)