becco

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbek.ko/ Rhymes: -ekko Hyphenation: béc‧co === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *bekkos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos. ==== Noun ==== becco m (plural becchi) beak (structure projecting from a bird's face) (by extension): beak (anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak) a mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument the foremost part of a firearm's hammer Holonym: cane burner Hyponym: becco Bunsen (botany) beak (process somewhat like the beak of a bird) (aeronautics) leading edge Synonym: bordo di attacco ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== becco1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. Probably from either Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (“male goat”) or Proto-Celtic *bukkos, whence French bouc. The -e- is most readily explained through the Middle High German plural böcke (early on also unrounded; compare contemporary Bavarian Beck). Alternatively from Latin ībex, though this is more problematic. Compare also northern French bique. ==== Noun ==== becco m (plural becchi) billygoat Hypernym: capra (figurative, derogatory, vulgar) cuckold Synonym: cornuto ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== stambecco ==== Further reading ==== becco2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Battisti, Carlo; Alessio, Giovanni (1950–1957), Dizionario etimologico italiano, Firenze: Barbera Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== becco first-person singular present indicative of beccare === References === === Anagrams === bocce == Latin == === Noun === beccō dative/ablative singular of beccus === References === "becco", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)