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Italian
Etymology
From Latin torulus (“bulge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtwɔr.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɔrlo
- Hyphenation: tuòr‧lo
Noun
tuorlo m (plural tuorli)
- yolk, egg yolk
- Synonym: rosso d'uovo
Il tuorlo d'uovo è una delle principali fonti della vitamina A.- Egg yolk is one of the primary sources of vitamin A.
See also
Further reading
- tuorlo on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- tuorlo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana