fenicottero

Italian

Etymology

From Latin phoenīcopterus, from Ancient Greek φοινῑκόπτερος (phoinīkópteros), from φοῖνιξ (phoînix, “crimson”) + πτερόν (pterón, “feather”); compare the genus name Phoenicopterus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fe.niˈkɔt.te.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɔttero
  • Hyphenation: fe‧ni‧còt‧te‧ro

Noun

fenicottero m (plural fenicotteri)

  1. flamingo

Derived terms

Further reading
  • fenicottero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • fenicottero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • fenicottero in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • fenicottero in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • fenicòttero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • fenicòttero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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