coprofago
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοπροφάγος (koprophágos), from κόπρος (kópros, “dung, excrement”) + -φάγος (-phágos, “eater”). By surface analysis, copro- + -fago.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]coprofago m (plural coprofagi)
Adjective
[edit]coprofago (feminine coprofaga, masculine plural coprofagi, feminine plural coprofaghe)
Further reading
[edit]- coprofago in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- coprofago in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- copròfago in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- copròfago in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Categories:
- Italian terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Italian terms prefixed with copro-
- Italian terms suffixed with -fago
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔfaɡo
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔfaɡo/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
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