mozzo

See also: mozzò

Italian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilus. Cf. also French mousse, Spanish mocho.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmot.t͡so/
  • Rhymes: -ottso
  • Hyphenation: móz‧zo

Adjective

mozzo (feminine mozza, masculine plural mozzi, feminine plural mozze)

  1. cut off (head)
  2. docked (tail)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish mozo, possibly from Latin musteus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmot.t͡so/
  • Rhymes: -ottso
  • Hyphenation: móz‧zo

Noun

mozzo m (plural mozzi)

  1. (nautical) ship's boy
  2. boy, lad
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Latin modium. Doublet of moggio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmot.t͡so/, /ˈmɔt.t͡so/, (traditional) /ˈmɔd.d͡zo/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ottso, -ɔttso, (traditional) -ɔddzo
  • Hyphenation: móz‧zo, mòz‧zo

Noun

mozzo m (plural mozzi)

  1. hub, nave
  2. boss (of a screw)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmot.t͡so/
  • Rhymes: -ottso
  • Hyphenation: móz‧zo

Verb

mozzo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of mozzare

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