frocio

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔ.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -ɔtʃo
• Hyphenation: frò‧cio

Etymology 1

Probably from frocia (“nostril”).

Noun

frocio m (plural froci) (derogatory, Rome, dated)

1. a German

   Synonym: crucco

   • 1909, Cesare Pascarella, “La musica nostra”, in Sonetti:

     Be’, che dice? Che l’opera italiana / È la più mejo musica der monno. / E tu che soni appena la campana, / Me venghi a di’ che er frocio sia profonno?

     Well, what does she say? That Italian opera is the best music of the world. And you who barely play the bell come telling me that the German is deep?

Etymology 2

Uncertain. By some believe to be same as above, with a semantical shift. Alternatively from Venetian fenocio (“(slang) gay”) with rhoticisation of the /-n-/ by influence of the above term.

Adjective

frocio (feminine frocia, masculine plural froci, feminine plural frocie) (derogatory, originally Rome)

1. (vulgar, derogatory) gay, homosexual

Noun

frocio m (plural froci) (derogatory, originally Rome)

1. (vulgar, derogatory) gay man, poof, faggot

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:finocchio

Anagrams

• orfico