singhiozzo

See also: singhiozzò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinˈɡjot.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -ottso
• Hyphenation: sin‧ghióz‧zo

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *singluttium, ultimately from Latin singultus (“sobbing”), influenced by gluttiō (“to swallow”). Doublet of singulto. Cognate with French sanglot, Venetian sangiuto, among others. Compare also Portuguese soluço, Romanian sughiț, Spanish sollozo, Sicilian sugghiuzzu and suttugghiu, from suggluttium.

Noun

singhiozzo m (plural singhiozzi)

1. hiccup, singultus
2. sob
   • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Filocopo‎^[1], published 1723, page 147:

     come ella potè, si sforzò di parlare, e con debol voce, rotta da molti singhiozzi di pianto, disse.

     She struggled to speak, and with a feeble voice, among many crying sobs, she said

Derived terms

• a singhiozzo
• singhiozzio

Related terms

• singhiozzare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

singhiozzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of singhiozzare