finocchio

== English == === Alternative forms === (ending in '-o') fennocchio, fennochio, fenocchio, fenochio, finnocchio, finnochio, finocchio, finochio (ending in '-a') fenochia, finnochia, finocchia, finocha, finochia (ending in '-ie') finochie === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian finocchio (“fennel; (derogatory) male homosexual”). Doublet of fennel and finook. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fĭnŏʹkĭō, fĭnōʹkĭō, IPA(key): /fɪˈnɒkɪəʊ/, /fɪˈnəʊkɪəʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊkiəʊ === Noun === finocchio (plural finocchi or finocchios) A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum). Synonym: Florence fennel 1974, Ali-Bab (author) and Elizabeth Benson (translator), Encyclopedia of Practical Gastronomy, page 41 Finocchios are shoots of the fennel, an odoriferous plant of the Umbelliferae family. (derogatory, slang) A gay man. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:male homosexual 2011 August 19, Jane Espenson, Torchwood: Miracle Day, episode 7: “Immortal Sins”, 23:51–23:57 Salvatore Maranzano: Rumour is you two are a pair of finocchi.Captain Jack Harkness: That’s not a rumour; that’s a boast. ==== Translations ==== === References === “‖ Finochio” listed on page 237 of volume IV (F and G), § i (F) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901] ‖ Finochio (finǫ·kio). Also 8 fenochia, -io, -occhio, finocha, finochi, 8–9 fin(n)ochia. [It. finocchio: — popular L. fēnoclum: see Fennel.] The sweet fennel (Fœniculum dulce); also called the dwarf or French fennel. [¶] 1723 R. Digby Let. to Pope 14 Aug. How spring the Brocoli and the Fenochio. 1767 J. Abercrombie Ev. Man own Gardener (1803) 658/1 Finochio, or French fennel; for soups, sallads, etc. 1796 C. Marshall Garden. xvi. (1813) 267 Finochio is a sort of dwarf fennel. 1847 Craig, Finnochia, a variety of fennel. “‖finochio” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989] == Italian == === Etymology === From Late Latin fēnuculum (contracted to a later Vulgar Latin form *fenuclum), from a diminutive of Latin fēnum. The slang sense is of Tuscan origin and probably derives from the archaic meaning “worthless person”, although many different folk etymologies exist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiˈnɔk.kjo/ Rhymes: -ɔkkjo Hyphenation: fi‧nòc‧chio === Noun === finocchio m (plural finocchi) (botany) fennel Synonym: (Venetian slang) fenocio (slang, vulgar, derogatory) queer, poof, nancyboy, faggot [from 1863] Synonyms: omosessuale, (Venetian slang) fenocio, frocio, ricchione (archaic) bungler (incompetent or worthless person) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fieno ==== Descendants ==== → Albanian: finok English: finocchio, finook → Greek: φινόκιο (finókio) === References === === Further reading === Finocchio on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it === Anagrams === fiocchino