sciapo

Italian

Alternative forms

• sciapido, sciapito (Tuscan)

Etymology

From a contraction of Vulgar Latin *exsapidus, restructuring of *exsipidus, whence Italian scipito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃa.po/
• Rhymes: -apo
• Hyphenation: scià‧po

Adjective

sciapo (feminine sciapa, masculine plural sciapi, feminine plural sciape)

1. saltless, tasteless, insipid (of food)

   Synonyms: insipido, (Tuscan) sciocco

References

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

Venetian

Noun

sciapo m (plural sciapi)

1. slit, slot