serramanico

Italian

Etymology

Clipping of coltello a serramanico, verb-object compound, composed of serra (to close; to clamp) + manico (handle, shaft).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌser.raˈma.ni.ko/, /ˌsɛr.raˈma.ni.ko/
  • Rhymes: -aniko
  • Hyphenation: ser‧ra‧mà‧ni‧co

Noun

serramanico m (plural serramanici)

  1. flick knife, switchblade

Further reading

  • serramanico in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • serramanico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • serramanico in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • serramanico in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • serramanico in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • serramanico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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