stabbio

See also: stabbiò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstab.bjo/
• Rhymes: -abbjo
• Hyphenation: stàb‧bio

Etymology 1

From Latin stab(u)lum.

Noun

stabbio m (plural stabbi)

1. pen, fold, run (for animals)
   • 1980, Umberto Eco, “Primo giorno – Verso nona”, in Il nome della rosa (I grandi tascabili), Milan: Bompiani, published 1984, page 77:

     Davanti agli stabbi i porcai rimestavano in una gran giara il sangue dei porci appena sgozzati, affinché non si coagulasse.

     In front of the pens the swineherds stirred the slaughtered pigs' blood in a large jar to not make it coagulate.

2. pigsty
3. manure

Related terms

• stare

See also

• stalla

Etymology 2

Verb

stabbio

1. first-person singular present indicative of stabbiare