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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /naˈzɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: na‧sèl‧lo
Etymology 1
Possibly from Latin asellus (“young donkey”), with contamination of naso (“nose”).
Noun
nasello m (plural naselli)
- hake (Merluccius merluccius)
- Synonyms: merluzzo, lovo
Descendants
- → Tunisian Arabic: نزلي (nazalli, “hake, Merluccius merluccius”)[1]
References
- ^ Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Franco Pierno (2006) “Talassozoonimi e terminologia dell'attività ittica d'influenza italiana nel dialetto arabo tunisino”, in Romance Philology (in Tunisian Arabic), volume 59, number 2, →JSTOR, page 226
Further reading
- nasello1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
From naso (“nose”) + -ello.
Noun
nasello m (plural naselli)
- nib
- nosepiece
Further reading
- nasello2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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