uccello

See also: uccellò

Italian

uccelli

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uˈt͡ːʃɛlːo/, [utˈt͡ʃɛl̺.l̺o]
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Hyphenation: uc‧cèl‧lo
Rhymes: -ɛllo

Etymology 1

From Late Latin aucellus, contracted form of Vulgar Latin *avicellus, diminutive of Latin avis, from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Compare French oiseau, Catalan ocell, Occitan aucèl, Neapolitan auciello, Sicilian aceddu, Friulian uciel, Venetian oxeło, Ligurian öxéllo, Romansch utschè.

Noun

uccello m (plural uccelli)

bird
Synonyms: volatile, pennuto, augello (archaic)
(slang, vulgar) willy (British), peter (US), dick; (the penis)

Derived terms

Terms derived from uccello

uccellaccio m (“bird of prey; bird of ill omen; dupe”)
uccellagione f (“hunting or shooting birds; The season for doing this; the birds killed”)
uccellaia f (“a large number of birds;a place where hawking takes place; confused chatter; affair (of the heart); deception; mockery”)
uccellaio m (“bird breeder or seller”)
uccellame m (“bag of gamebirds (caught by a hunter)”)

uccellamento m, uccellatura f (“bird-catching; mockery; prank”)
uccellanda f (“fowling (bird-catching) site”)
uccellare (“to catch birds or fowl; to fool or trick”)
uccellatoio m (“place for bird-catching”)

uccellatore m (“bird-catcher”)
uccelletto m (“small bird”)
uccellino m (“little or young bird”)
uccello rapace m (“bird of prey”)

Etymology 2

Verb

uccello

first-person singular present indicative of uccellare

Further reading

uccello on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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