uovo

== Italian == === Alternative forms === huovo, vuovo (archaic) ovo (Tuscany, central Italy) === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Latin ōvum n. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɔ.vo/ Rhymes: -ɔvo Hyphenation: uò‧vo === Noun === uovo m (plural uova f, diminutive ovetto) egg un uovo di gallina ― a chicken egg ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === == Neapolitan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin (*)ŏvum, from Latin ōvum n. The irregular plural ova reflects a continuation of the Latin plural with /-a/. === Pronunciation === (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈuːovə], (plural) [ˈɔːvə] (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈuːə̆və] (singular/plural) === Noun === uovo m (plural ova) egg === References === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1132: “l'uovo; le uova” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), “uovo”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[1]