mucchio

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mūtulus, syncopated to *mutlus, or from cumulus, transposed to a Vulgar Latin form *muculus > *muclus. Based on the first etymology, mutulo is a doublet, and based on the second, cumulo and cumolo are.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuk.kjo/
• Rhymes: -ukkjo
• Hyphenation: mùc‧chio

Noun

mucchio m (plural mucchi)

1. heap, pile, crop

Derived terms

• mucchia
• mucchiétto
• mucchiettino
• mucchióne
• mucchiàccio

Further reading

• mucchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• mucchio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa