vitello

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vitellus. Compare Romanian vițel, French veau, Catalan vedella .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viˈtɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: vi‧tèl‧lo

Noun

vitello m (plural vitelli)

  1. calf (animal)
  2. veal
  3. calfskin

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: ودله (vedela)

See also

Further reading

  • vitello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ودله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2132

Latin

Noun

vitellō

  1. dative/ablative singular of vitellus