bigio

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbi.d͡ʒo/ Rhymes: -idʒo Hyphenation: bì‧gio === Etymology 1 === Probably from Vulgar Latin *bysseus, from Latin byssus (“linen”), whence bisso; cognate with English and French beige; French bis; Ligurian and Venetan bixo. However, compare badius (“brownish color”). Doublet of Bixio (a surname). ==== Adjective ==== bigio (feminine bigia, masculine plural bigi, feminine plural bige) ash gray Hypernym: grigio dun === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== bigio first-person singular present indicative of bigiare === Further reading === Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “bigio”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati