picco
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably borrowed from French pic.
Noun edit
picco m (plural picchi)
- (geography) peak, summit
- spike, peak (of a graph)
- (figurative) peak, high
- Synonym: apice
- spur
- a diagonal beam on which a sail is attached, called gaff in English, or see also nautical peak
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
picco