grottesco

Italian

Etymology

From grotta (“cave”) +‎ -esco (relational suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrotˈte.sko/
• Rhymes: -esko
• Hyphenation: grot‧té‧sco

Adjective

grottesco (feminine grottesca, masculine plural grotteschi, feminine plural grottesche)

1. grotesque

Derived terms

• grottescamente

Descendants

• → Catalan: grotesc
• → Middle French: grotesque
  • → English: grotesque
  • French: grotesque
    • → Romanian: grotesc
• → Piedmontese: grotesch
• → Portuguese: grotesco
• → Spanish: grotesco

Further reading

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