akullore

Albanian

Etymology

Feminine nominalization of akullor (“icy, cold”). Sense 1 may be a semantic loan from Italian gelato (“icy, cold; ice cream”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /akuˈɫoɾe/
  • Rhymes: -oɾe

Noun

akullore f (plural akullore, definite akullorja)

  1. ice cream
  2. glacier
    Synonym: akullnajë

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “akullore”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 22a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “akullore”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 4b
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