lazzo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian lazzo. === Noun === lazzo (plural lazzi) (theater) A stock comedic routine or physical action, traditionally associated with commedia dell'arte. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === Perhaps from *l'azzo, from the article l' + inherited Latin āctiō in the nominative. For similar terms from nominative Latin -tiō, see dirizzo, guazza/guazzo, stazzo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlat.t͡so/, (traditional) /ˈlad.d͡zo/ Rhymes: -attso, (traditional) -addzo Hyphenation: làz‧zo ==== Noun ==== lazzo m (plural lazzi) jest, joke, prank === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Latin lacteus (“milky”). Doublet of latteo, which is borrowed from Latin. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlat.t͡so/ Rhymes: -attso Hyphenation: làz‧zo ==== Adjective ==== lazzo (feminine lazza, masculine plural lazzi, feminine plural lazze) (literary) sharp, tart, pungent (of taste) (rare) shrill, piercing (of sound) === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlat.t͡so/, (traditional) /ˈlad.d͡zo/ Rhymes: -attso, (traditional) -addzo Hyphenation: làz‧zo ==== Verb ==== lazzo first-person singular present indicative of lazzare === References ===