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Italian
Etymology
From Latin mūtulus, syncopated to *mutlus, or from cumulus, transposed to a Vulgar Latin form *muculus > *muclus. Based on the first etymology, mutulo is a doublet, and based on the second, cumulo and cumolo are.
Pronunciation
Noun
mucchio m (plural mucchi)
- heap, pile, crop
Derived terms
Further reading
- mucchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- mucchio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa