trullo

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Catalan

Verb

trullo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trullar

Italian

FWOTD – 10 August 2014
Trulli di Alberobello.

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek τροῦλλος (troûllos), from Latin trulla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrul.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ullo
  • Hyphenation: trùl‧lo

Noun

trullo m (plural trulli)

  1. a type of conical stone-roofed house in Apulia (especially in Alberobello)
    • 2004, Giovanni Francesio, Italia del sud: Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Touring Editore, page 90:
      I trulli sono costruzioni in pietra dalla base circolare, a volte quadrangolare, sormontate da cupole di forma conica.
      Trulli are stone buildings with a circular base, sometimes quadrangular, topped by conical cupolas.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan trull.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈtɾuʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈtɾuʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈtɾuʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈtɾuʒo/

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -uʝo
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -uʎo
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -uʃo
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -uʒo

  • Syllabification: tru‧llo

Noun

trullo m (plural trullos)

  1. (slang) prison, slammer, pen, nick

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References

Further reading

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