cocchio

Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from German Kutsche, likely via Venetan cocio, which would explain why /t͡ʃ/ was adapted as /kkj/ (compare Venetan ocio : Italian occhio).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔk.kjo/
Rhymes: -ɔkkjo
Hyphenation: còc‧chio

Noun

cocchio m (plural cocchi)

Related terms

cocchiere

References

cocchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
“còcchio”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 3 cert–dag, UTET, 1964, page 241bc