Italian edit

Etymology edit

From pugno, or from a Vulgar Latin *pūgnālis, from Latin pugnus. Compare Spanish puñal, Portuguese punhal, Catalan punyal, French poignard (Old French poignal).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /puɲˈɲa.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: pu‧gnà‧le

Noun edit

pugnale m (plural pugnali)

  1. dagger

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Ottoman Turkish: پنیال (pinyal, rapier)
  • Serbo-Croatian: pìnjāl

See also edit

Spanish edit

Verb edit

pugnale

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of pugnar combined with le