occhio
Italian
Un occhio.
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin ǫ́clọ, accusative case form of ǫ́clọs, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of oculo, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔk.kjo/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔkkjo
- Stress: òcchio
- Hyphenation: oc‧chio
Derived terms
- a occhio e croce (“about, approximately, roughly, more or less, odd”)
- a perdita d'occhio (“as far as the eye can see”)
- Bellocchio (Italian surname)
- in un batter d'occhio (“in the twinkling of an eye; at the drop of a hat”)
- occhiaia (“eye socket”)
- occhiali (“glasses, spectacles, eyeglasses”)
- occhiata (“look, glance”)
- occhieggiare (“to eye, eye up, ogle; to peep, appear”)
- occhiello (“buttonhole; eyelet; half title”)
- occhio di mosca (“5-point type”)
- occhiolino (“wink”)
- occhio verde (“greeneye”)
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