testa di moro
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Compare French tête de Maure, tête-de-nègre, Spanish cabeza de moro.
Noun edit
testa di moro f (plural teste di moro)
- (heraldry) Moor's head (eg. in Sardinia and Corsica's flags)
- Edam (Dutch cheese)
- Synonym: edam
- Synonym of capo di moro
- (nautical) metal binding connecting the upper end of the bigger trunk with the lower end of the smaller one, also holding the yard
- (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (cooking) a dessert of Neapolitan cuisine
- a ceramic vase depicting a Moor made in Sicily
Noun edit
testa di moro m (uncountable)
Adjective edit
- dark brown
References edit
- testa di moro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Further reading edit
- (sense 1): testa di moro (araldica) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- (sense 5): testa di moro (dolce) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- (sense 6): testa di moro (vaso) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- (sense 1): testa di moro (colore) on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it