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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French flanc (“flank, side”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfjan.ko/
- Rhymes: -anko
- Hyphenation: fiàn‧co
Noun
fianco m (plural fianchi)
- flank, haunch (part of the body)
- side
- al mio fianco ― by my side
- di fianco ― laterally
- (poetic, metonymically) the whole body
Derived terms
References
- ^ fianco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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