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ciò

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cio"

Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin ecce hoc, from ecce (“behold, voilà”) +‎ hoc (“this”).[1] Compare Sicilian zoccu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔ/*
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Hyphenation: ciò
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Pronoun

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ciò (demonstrative)

  1. this
    Synonyms: lo, questo
  2. that

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Patota, Giuseppe (2002) Lineamenti di grammatica storica dell'italiano (in Italian), Bologna: il Mulino, →ISBN, page 135

Further reading

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  • ciò in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • ciò in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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