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Italian
Etymology
An adjective (likely reflecting Vulgar Latin *gluttus) based on the nominative of Latin gluttō (“glutton”), itself a noun based on gluttiō (“to swallow”), from gula (“throat”, whence also the Italian gola), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Doublet of ghiottone, from the Latin accusative gluttōnem. Cognate to French glouton, whence English glutton.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡjot.to/
- Rhymes: -otto
- Hyphenation: ghiót‧to
Adjective
ghiotto (feminine ghiotta, masculine plural ghiotti, feminine plural ghiotte)
- greedy (said of people)
- Synonym: goloso
Sono molto ghiotto di tanti dolci.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- appetising, delicious (said of food)
- Synonyms: appetitoso, goloso
- juicy (said of news)
- Synonyms: appetitoso, goloso
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