vaio

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.jo/
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Hyphenation: và‧io

Inherited from Latin varius. Doublet of vario, which was borrowed.

vaio (feminine vaia, masculine plural vai, feminine plural vaie) (Tuscan or literary)

1. dark gray
2. dark speckled
   • 13^th c., “Del Ginepro”, in Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on Agriculture]‎, translation of Opus ruralium commodorum libri Ⅻ by Pietro De' Crescenzi, published 1605, page 266:

     Il suo legno è rosso e bello, e alquanto vaio

     Its wood is reddish and beautiful, and rather speckled

vaio m (plural vai)

1. dark grey (color/colour)

• vaio¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From the above lemma, in reference to the color.

vaio m (plural vai)

1. (uncommon) Synonym of petit-gris
2. (heraldry) vair

• vaio² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Vulgar Latin *valleus, derived from Classical Latin vallis (“valley”).

vaio m (plural vai) (regional, dated)

1. a small valley between steep faces
2. a brook flowing in such a valley

• vaio³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vaio

1. first-person singular present indicative of vaiare

• avio, avio-, ovai

vaio

1. first-person singular present indicative of vaiar