coniglio
See also: Coniglio
Italian
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from French connil,[1] if not from Occitan conilh or Piedmontese cunij, in any case ultimately from Vulgar Latin cunīclus, syncopated from Latin cunīculus, borrowed from Ancient Greek κόνικλος (kóniklos). Compare Lombard conì, Romansch cunigl, Sardinian cunigghiu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈniʎ.ʎo/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iʎʎo
- Hyphenation: co‧nì‧glio
Derived terms
- coniglio da fossa (“pit farmed Ischian rabbit”)
- coniglio di grondaia (“gutter rabbitt”)
- coniglio alla conchese (“cuisine of Conca dei Marini (Salerno)”)
Related terms
See also
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cŭnīcŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1540
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