guscio

Italian

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Ancient Greek κύστιον (kústion), from κύστις (kústis).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuʃ.ʃo/, [ˈɡuʃʃo]
  • Rhymes: -uʃʃo
  • Stress: gùscio
  • Hyphenation: gu‧scio

Noun

guscio m (plural gusci)

  1. shell (of an animal, nut etc)
    Togliamo il guscio alla noce di cocco. ― Let's husk the coconut. (literally, “Let's remove the shell from the coconut.”)

Derived terms
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