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tocco

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See also: Tocco and toccò

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from toccare (to touch) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtok.ko/
  • Rhymes: -okko
  • Hyphenation: tóc‧co

Noun

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tocco m (plural tocchi)

  1. touch
  2. knock, rap, blow
  3. stroke (of a clock or a brush); one o'clock

Etymology 2

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From toccare +‎ -o (forms participles).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtok.ko/
  • Rhymes: -okko
  • Hyphenation: tóc‧co

Adjective

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tocco (feminine tocca, masculine plural tocchi, feminine plural tocche)

  1. touched (not totally sane)
    una persona un po' tocca(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. bruised (of fruit)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtok.ko/
  • Rhymes: -okko
  • Hyphenation: tóc‧co

Verb

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tocco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of toccare

Etymology 4

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Probably from Latin tucca (liquid lard(?)). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tocco m (plural tocchi)

  1. hunk, chunk (especially of food)
  2. meat sauce (in Genoese cuisine)

Etymology 5

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Borrowed from French toque.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tocco m (plural tocchi)

  1. toque (type of brimless hat, sometimes worn today by magistrates, lawyers and university professors along with a toga)

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian toccare, itself inherited from Vulgar Latin *tuccāre, borrowed from Frankish *tukkōn (to touch, hit).

Verb

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toccō (present infinitive toccāre, perfect active toccāvī, supine toccātum); first conjugation

  1. (Renaissance Latin) to touch

Conjugation

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