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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pap.paˈɡal.lo/
- Rhymes: -allo
- Hyphenation: pap‧pa‧gàl‧lo
Etymology 1
From Byzantine Greek παπαγᾶς (papagâs), from Arabic بَبَغَاء (babaḡāʔ), of onomatopoeic origin. Influenced by gallo (“rooster”). Cognate with German Papagei, Spanish papagayo, and English popinjay.
Noun
pappagallo m (plural pappagalli)
- parrot
- (slang) wolf (man who makes amorous advances to many women)
- (colloquial) parrot (a person who repeats others' words and phrases without understanding them)
- a bottlelike bedpan for urination only; a bed urinal
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pappagallo
- first-person singular present indicative of pappagallare
Further reading
- Colonna, Barbara (1997) Dizionario etimologico della lingua italiana, Newton Compton