collo
See also: colló
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collo
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: col‧lo
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collo n (plural colli)
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collo
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collo (plural collos)
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Etymology 1 edit
From Latin collum, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolsom, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”).
Cognate with French cou, Galician and Portuguese colo, Spanish cuello
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collo m (plural colli)
- neck (all senses)
- collar
- parcel, package; luggage (especially when bulky)
- (anatomy) neck, cervix
- collo del femore
- femur neck
- collo dell’utero
- neck of the uterus
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collo
Usage notes edit
- While in use in the spoken language, its use is regarded as old-fashioned in the written language.
References edit
- ^ collo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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collō
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collo m (plural collos)