becco

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbek.ko/
  • Rhymes: -ekko
  • Hyphenation: béc‧co

Etymology 1

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From Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.

Noun

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becco m (plural becchi)

  1. beak (structure projecting from a bird's face)
  2. (by extension):
    1. beak (anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak)
    2. a mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument
    3. the foremost part of a firearm's hammer
      Holonym: cane
    4. burner
      Hyponym: becco Bunsen
  3. (botany) beak (process somewhat like the beak of a bird)
  4. (aeronautics) leading edge
    Synonym: bordo di attacco
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Further reading

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  • becco1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

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Uncertain. Probably from either Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (male goat) or Proto-Celtic *bukkos, whence French bouc. The -e- is most readily explained through the Middle High German plural böcke (early on also unrounded; compare contemporary Bavarian Beck). Alternatively from Latin ībex, though this is more problematic. Compare also northern French bique.

Noun

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becco m (plural becchi)

  1. billygoat
    Hypernym: capra
    • 1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook]‎[1], page 97:
      Il sangue si usa in medicina, preso da molti animali [] come il sangue di colombo, di tortora, di testuggine marina, di becco, et d'altri
      Blood is used in medicine, taken from various animals, like blood of pigeon, of turtledove, of tortoise, of billygoat, and of others
  2. (figurative, derogatory, vulgar) cuckold
    Synonym: cornuto
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Further reading

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  • becco2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • Battisti, Carlo, Alessio, Giovanni (1950–1957) Dizionario etimologico italiano, Firenze: Barbera
  • Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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becco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beccare

Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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beccō

  1. dative/ablative singular of beccus

References

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