beak

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Inglese

Sostantivo

beak sing (pl.: beaks)

  1. (anatomia), (ornitologia) becco
  2. (nautica) rostro (di una nave)
  3. (gergale), (peggiorativo) naso (e in particolare naso prominente)
    • John has a really big beak - John ha davvero un nasone

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Etimologia / Derivazione

dal latino beccus, "becco" (a sua volta probabilmente di origini celtiche), attraverso il francese antico bec

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