mucchio

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mūtulus, syncopated to *mutlus, or from cumulus, transposed to a Vulgar Latin form *muculus > *muclus. Based on the first etymology, mutulo is a doublet, and based on the second, cumulo and cumolo are.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuk.kjo/
  • Rhymes: -ukkjo
  • Hyphenation: mùc‧chio

Noun[edit]

mucchio m (plural mucchi)

  1. heap, pile, crop

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • mucchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • mucchio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
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