beghino

Italian

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin beguinus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beˈɡi.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: be‧ghì‧no

Noun

beghino m (plural beghini, feminine beghina)

  1. (historical) Beguin, Beghard
    Synonym: begardo
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) bigot
    Synonyms: bacchettone, bigotto

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.ɡi.no/, /ˈbe.ɡi.no/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡino, -eɡino
  • Hyphenation: bè‧ghi‧no, bé‧ghi‧no

Verb

beghino

  1. inflection of begare:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

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