ferraiolo
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian ferraiolo.
Noun
[edit]ferraiolo (plural ferraiolos or ferraioli)
- A kind of cape worn by Catholic clergy over the shoulders, extending down to the ankles and tied in the front.
- Synonym: ferraiolone
Translations
[edit]Translations
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Refers to a type of garment historically imported into Italy from Spain,[1] and so presumably calqued from Spanish herreruelo (as ferraio + -olo), q.v.
Noun
[edit]ferraiolo m (plural ferraioli)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]ferraiolo m (plural ferraioli)
References
[edit]- “ferraiòlo3”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 5 e–fin, UTET, 1968, page 853f.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- Italian terms calqued from Spanish
- Italian terms derived from Spanish
- Italian terms suffixed with -olo (diminutive)
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian terms suffixed with -olo