nocciolo
Italian
editEtymology 1
editProbably derived from Latin nucleus (perhaps the variant form nuculeus), from nux (“nut”), or from the diminutive nucleolus;[1] alternatively from nuceu(m), nuceus (“of nuts”), with influence from nocciola.[2] Compare Sicilian nòzzulu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnocciolo m (plural noccioli)
- stone, kernel (of a fruit)
- (figurative) core, heart
- Ma veniamo al nocciolo della questione.
- But let's come to the crux of the matter.
- c. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci, “Il corpo umano”, in G. Fumagalli, editor, Leonardo Prosatore, scelta di scritti Vinciani, Milan: Albrighi, published 1915, →OCLC, page 108:
- Il core è il nocciolo che genera l’albero delle vene; le quali vene han le radici nel letame, cioè le vene miseraice, che van a di porre lo acquistato sangue nel fegato, donde poi le vene superiori del fegato si nutricano.
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Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom nocciola (“hazelnut”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editnocciolo m (plural noccioli)
- hazel (tree)
- hazel (wood)
- Synonym of palombo (“common smooth-hound”)
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Further reading
edit- nocciolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- nocciolo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- nocciolo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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