fagotto

See also: Fagotto

English edit

Etymology edit

From Italian fagotto. So called from being divided into parts for ease of carrying, making it a sort of small bundle or fagot. Doublet of fagot and faggot.

Noun edit

fagotto (plural fagottos or fagottoes or fagotti)

(music, dated) The bassoon.

References edit

“fagotto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Latin fascis (“bundle of wood”), or perhaps from Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /faˈɡɔt.to/^[2]
Rhymes: -ɔtto
Hyphenation: fa‧gòt‧to

Noun edit

fagotto m (plural fagotti)

bundle, sack
(figurative) clumsy or awkward person, a klutz or goofball
(music) bassoon

Derived terms edit

affagottare
fare fagotto (“to run away”)

Descendants edit

→ German: Fagott
→ Russian: фаго́т (fagót) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ fagotto¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
^ fagotto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[1] tto¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

[2] tto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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