lazzo

English

Etymology

Italian lazzo

Noun

lazzo (plural lazzi)

  1. (theater) A stock comedic routine or physical action, traditionally associated with commedia dell'arte.

Italian

Etymology 1

Perhaps from *l'azzo, from the article l' + inherited Latin āctiō in the nominative.[1] For similar terms from nominative Latin -tiō, see dirizzo, guazza/guazzo, stazzo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlat.t͡so/, (traditional) /ˈlad.d͡zo/[2]
  • Rhymes: -attso, (traditional) -addzo
  • Hyphenation: làz‧zo

Noun

lazzo m (plural lazzi)

  1. jest, joke, prank

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin lacteus (“milky”). Doublet of latteo, which is borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlat.t͡so/[2]
  • Rhymes: -attso
  • Hyphenation: làz‧zo

Adjective

lazzo (feminine lazza, masculine plural lazzi, feminine plural lazze)

  1. (literary) sharp, tart, pungent (of taste)
  2. (rare) shrill, piercing (of sound)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlat.t͡so/, (traditional) /ˈlad.d͡zo/[2]
  • Rhymes: -attso, (traditional) -addzo
  • Hyphenation: làz‧zo

Verb

lazzo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lazzare

References
  1. lazzo2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. lazzo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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