Noun: ranocchio
Gender: m
Hyphenation: ra‧nòc‧chio
| Singular m | ranocchio |
| Plural m | ranocchi |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ranocchio
mioepitelio,
reziario,
sfizio,
proechimio,
scafio,
scimio,
scolio,
bestiario,
rogatario,
solaio,
soffio,
undicennio,
silfio,
iodoformio,
acrostolio,
capecchio,
cappellinaio,
fillocladio,
metalloscopio,
straordinario, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rānucula, a diminutive from Latin rāna (“frog”), with a masculine form later becoming more widespread; by surface analysis, rana + -occhio. Compare ranuncolo. See: Latin Nouns '
rāna'.
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