mantello

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mantēllum (“covering, cloak”), diminutive of mantum, probably from Gaulish. Compare French manteau.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /manˈtɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: man‧tèl‧lo

Noun

mantello m (plural mantelli)

  1. mantle
    1. cloak, cape
    2. (figurative, by extension) something that covers or conceals
      un lupo in mantello di pecora ― a wolf in the cloak of a sheep
    3. blanket, mantle (of snow)
    4. (geology) layer between the Earth's core and crust
  2. coat (of an animal)
  3. casing, shell
  4. pavement
  5. (geology) mantle (earth's mantle)

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