čavao

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Derived from Italian chiavello, from Latin clavis. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

čȁvao m (Cyrillic spelling ча̏вао)

  1. (Croatia) nail (metal fastener)
    Zakucao je dva-tri čavla da jače držiHe nailed two or three nails so that it would hold more firmly.

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References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “čavao”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 123