codardo

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French couard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈdar.do/
  • Rhymes: -ardo
  • Hyphenation: co‧dàr‧do

Adjective

codardo (feminine codarda, masculine plural codardi, feminine plural codarde)

  1. cowardly, namby-pamby, spineless
  2. (heraldry) coward (of a lion)

Derived terms

Noun

codardo m (plural codardi, feminine codarda)

  1. coward, nithing, dastard, wretch, sneak

Further reading

  • codardo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • codardo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • codardo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • codardo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • codardo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • codardo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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