guscio – Italian noun declension

Italian noun forms of guscio

Noun: guscio
Gender: m Hyphenation: gù‧scio
Singular mguscio
Plural mgusci

Sample Sentences

  • Togliamo il guscio alla noce di cocco. (Let's husk the coconut.)

Etymology

1. Unknown. Perhaps from Ancient Greek κύστιον (kústion), from κύστις (kústis).
2. Lombardo and Emiliano fem. guscia.
3. Compare French gousse (“pea pod”) and Romanian găoace (“eggshell, snail shell”). See: French Nouns 'gousse', Romanian Nouns 'găoace'.

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