cocomero
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]With ending changed to -o due to analogy, from Latin cucumerem (“cucumber”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cocomero m (plural cocomeri, diminutive cocomerìno or cocomerétto or cocomerèllo, augmentative cocomeróne, pejorative cocomeràccio)
- watermelon, specifically:
- 1972, “La barba bianca [The white beard]”, in Carlo A. Corsi, transl., Compagno di sbronze [Hangover buddy][1], Milan: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore, translation of Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions, and General Tales of Ordinary Madness by Charles Bukowski, published 2005, page 99:
- E Herb apriva un buco nel cocomero e si fotteva il cocomero e poi obbligava Talbot, Talbot il tappo, a mangiarselo.
- And Herb opened a hole in the watermelon and fucked the watermelon and then made Talbot, Talbot the shorty, eat it.
- the plant Citrullus lanatus
- Synonym: (regional) anguria
- (by extension) the fruit of the plant
- Synonym: (regional) anguria
- (figurative) a foolish or unreliable man
- Synonym: balordo
- (regional, northern Italian) cucumber
- 1495, Pietro de' Crescenzi, “VIII. Delle dilettazioni degli orti, e dell'erbe [8. Of the delights of vegetable gardens and herbs]”, in Trattato di agricoltura - Volume due [Treatise about agriculture - Volume two][2], Naples: Printed by Felice Mosca, published 1724, Libro ottavo, page 104:
- E ancora creſceranno i cocomeri, o vero cedriuoli, maraviglioſamente, ſe porrai ſotto 'l cocomero, o sotto il cedriuolo, o ſotto la zucca un vaſello d'acqua ſcoperto, due palmi più baſſo.
- Cucumbers will also grow marvelously if you put, two palms below the cucumber, an open jar of water.
- Synonym: cetriolo
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- cocomero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- cocomero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- cocomero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- cocomero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- cocómero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- cocómero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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