gnocco

Italian

Etymology

From Venetian gnoco, perhaps from Lombard knohhil (“knot in wood”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲɔk.ko/
  • Stress: gnòcco
  • Hyphenation: gnoc‧co

Noun

gnocco m (plural gnocchi)

  1. (cooking) Italian variety of dumpling
  2. (by extension) knot, lump
    Synonyms: grumo, nodo
  3. (figuratively) goof, idiot
    Synonyms: cretino, tonto
    un vero gnocco ― a real goof
  4. (slang) A handsome male.

Adjective

gnocco (feminine singular gnocca, masculine plural gnocchi, feminine plural gnocche)

  1. (slang) handsome, good looking

Derived terms

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