scoglio

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Gallo-Italic descendant of Vulgar Latin *scoculum, from Classical Latin scopulus, from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɔʎ.ʎo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʎʎo
  • Hyphenation: scò‧glio
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Noun

scoglio m (plural scogli)

  1. cliff, rock (in the sea); a reef
  2. (figurative) difficulty, stumbling block
  3. (computing) bug (in a program)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Iberia:
    • Leonese: escoyu (Salamanca)
    • Portuguese: escolho
    • Spanish: escollo

References

  1. ^ scoglio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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