fuoco

See also: Fuoco

Italian

Alternative forms

• foco (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin focus (whence also the form foco, which does not exhibit diphthongisation).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfwɔ.ko/

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• Rhymes: -ɔko
• Hyphenation: fuò‧co

Noun

fuoco m (plural fuochi)

1. fire

   Synonym: (obsolete, literary) igne

2. (transferred sense, poetic) lightning, thunderbolt
3. pothole, burner, ring (on a stove)
4. focus
5. (Switzerland) hearth

Derived terms

• affocare
• antifuoco
• dare fuoco
• focace
• focale
• focato
• focheggiare
• fochista
• focone
• focoso
• fuoco fatuo
• infuocare
• sfocare
• sfocato

 

Related terms

• focaccia
• focolare
• fucile

 

References

• fuoco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin focus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfwo.kə/
  • (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈfuokɐ]
  • (Central Apulia) IPA^(key): [ˈfu(ə)kə ⁓ ˈfwekə]
  • (Eastern Abruzzo) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔkə]
  • (Taranto) IPA^(key): [ˈfuˈɛkə]

Noun

fuoco m (plural fuoche)

1. fire
2. fireplace (the place of the house set to ignite a fire)