cuculo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cucūlus, possibly borrowed.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈku.ku.lo/, (traditional) /kuˈku.lo/[1]

Noun

cuculo m (plural cuculi)

  1. cuckoo; properly the common cuckoo
    Synonyms: cucco, cuccù, cucù

Further reading
  • cuculo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

References
  1. cuculo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Noun

cucūlō

  1. dative singular of cucūlus
  2. ablative singular of cucūlus

References
  • cuculo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cuculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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