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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsko.lo/
- Rhymes: -olo
- Hyphenation: scó‧lo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from scolare (“to drain”) + -o.
Noun
scolo m (plural scoli)
- drainage (the act of draining)
- canale di scolo ― drain, plughole (literally, “drainage conduit”)
- tubo di scolo ― drainpipe (literally, “drainage pipe”)
- sistema di scolo dell'acqua piovana ― rainwater drainage system
- wastewater (the drained liquid)
- (medicine) discharge
- (informal, vulgar) clap, gonorrhea
- Synonym: blenorragia
Further reading
- scólo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
scolo
- first-person singular present indicative of scolare
Anagrams
Old High German
Noun
scolo m
- debtor