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Italian
Etymology
From Latin cucūlus, possibly borrowed.
Pronunciation
Noun
cuculo m (plural cuculi)
- cuckoo; properly the common cuckoo
- Synonyms: cucco, cuccù, cucù
References
Further reading
- cuculo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Noun
cucūlō
- dative/ablative singular of cucūlus
References
- “cuculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cuculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.