granocchio

Italian

Etymology

See the main entry. Influenced by onomatopoeic terms such as gre gre (“croak”) and gracidare (“to croak”). Compare other descendants of Vulgar Latin *rānucula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡraˈnɔk.kjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔkkjo
• Hyphenation: gra‧nòc‧chio

Noun

granocchio m (plural granocchi)

1. (colloquial) Tuscan form of ranocchio (“small frog”)

References

• granocchio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*ranŭcŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 60