vetriolo

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin vitriolum, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ve.triˈɔ.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlo
  • Hyphenation: ve‧tri‧ò‧lo

Adjective

vetriolo (feminine vetriola, masculine plural vetrioli, feminine plural vetriole)

  1. glass, glassy
  2. brittle like glass

Noun

vetriolo m (plural vetrioli)

  1. (chemistry) vitriol
  2. (zoology) kingfisher

Derived terms

Further reading
  • vetriolo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • vetriolo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • vetriolo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • vetriolo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • vetriòlo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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