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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)
- calf (animal)
- veal
- 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
- dative/ablative singular of vitellus