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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps from Ancient Greek κύστιον (kústion), from κύστις (kústis).
Lombardo and Emiliano fem. guscia Related to French gousse ”pea pod” and Romanian găoace ”eggshell, snail shell”

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuʃ.ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -uʃʃo
  • Hyphenation: gù‧scio
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Noun

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guscio m (plural gusci)

  1. shell (of an animal, nut etc.)
    Togliamo il guscio alla noce di cocco.Let's husk the coconut. (literally, “Let's remove the shell from the coconut.”)

Derived terms

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