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Italian
Etymology
From Latin glāreōsus. By surface analysis, ghiaia (“gravel”) + -oso (“-ous”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡjaˈjo.zo/, (traditional) /ɡjaˈjo.so/
- Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
- Hyphenation: ghia‧ió‧so
Adjective
ghiaioso (feminine ghiaiosa, masculine plural ghiaiosi, feminine plural ghiaiose)
- gravelly
Further reading
- ghiaioso in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- ghiaioso in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- ghiaioso in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- ghiaioso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- ghiaioso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana