rampollo

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See also: rampollò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ramˈpol.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ollo
  • Hyphenation: ram‧pól‧lo

Etymology 1

Probably from Latin rāmī pullus (literally sprout of the branch).

Noun

rampollo m (plural rampolli)

  1. shoot (of a plant)
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto IV, p. 76 vv. 130-131:
      Nasce per quello, a guisa di rampollo, ¶ a piè del vero il dubbio; [...]
      Therefore springs up, in fashion of a shoot, ¶ doubt at the foot of truth;
  2. (literary) spring (of water)

Noun

rampollo m (plural rampolli, feminine rampolla)

  1. descendant, scion

Etymology 2

Verb

rampollo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rampollare