muggine

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Italian

Un muggine – A mullet

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mūgō (cf. French muge), a noun based on Latin mūgil (mullet).

Pronunciation

Noun

muggine m (plural muggini)

  1. mullet (Mugil cephalus)
    Synonyms: (Naples) capozzo, cefalo, (Rome) mattarello, (Ancona) mignattino, (regional) volpina
    Hypernym: mugilide
    1. (by extension, ichthyology) Synonym of mugilide

Derived terms

Further reading

  • muggine in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • muggine in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • muggine in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • mùggine in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • mùggine in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana