orzaiolo

Italian edit

Alternative forms edit

orzaiuolo (literary)
orzarolo (dialectal)

Etymology edit

From Late Latin hordeolus, diminutive of Latin hordeum (“barley”). It may have possibly come from another root *hordeariolum < hordeārium, or was influenced phonetically by a hypothetical *orzaio in Italian.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /or.d͡zaˈjɔ.lo/
Rhymes: -ɔlo
Hyphenation: or‧za‧iò‧lo

Noun edit

orzaiolo m (plural orzaioli)

stye (in the eye)

References edit

^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “orzaiuolo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

[1] Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “orzaiuolo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

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