bersaglio

See also: bersagliò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /berˈsaʎ.ʎo/
• Rhymes: -aʎʎo
• Hyphenation: ber‧sà‧glio

Etymology 1

From Old French bersail (“target for an arrow”), from berser (“to hunt with bow and arrow”), from Latin vervēx (“wether, kind of goat; blockhead, idiot”).

Alternative forms

• berzaglio (obsolete)

Noun

bersaglio m (plural bersagli)

1. target

Derived terms

• bersagliare
• bersagliere

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bersaglio

1. first-person singular present indicative of bersagliare

Anagrams

• sbaglierò, sbolgiare