drappello

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Italian

Etymology

From drappo +‎ -ello.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drapˈpɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: drap‧pèl‧lo

Noun

drappello m (plural drappelli)

  1. platoon, squad
    • 1947, Primo Levi, “Sul fondo”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 33:
      Ma la fanfara, finita Rosamunda, continua a suonare altre marce, una dopo l'altra, ed ecco apparire i drappelli dei nostri copmagni, che ritornano dal lavoro.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Romanian: drapel