salvaggio

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /salˈvad.d͡ʒo/, [s̪äl̺ˈvädd͡ʒo̞]
  • Rhymes: -addʒo
  • Stress: salvàggio
  • Hyphenation: sal‧vag‧gio

Adjective

salvaggio (feminine singular salvaggia, masculine plural salvaggi, feminine plural salvagge)

  1. Obsolete form of selvaggio.
    • 13th century, Guittone d'Arezzo, O motto vile e di vil cor messaggio, collected in Le rime di Guittone d'Arezzo, Bari: Laterza, published 1940, lines 1–4, page 221:
      O motto vile e di vil cor messaggio, ¶ d'onni vertù salvaggio, ¶ e d'onni brevileggio e pregio umano, ¶ dir omo a donna: — io son tuo servo […]
      O vile saying, and messenger of a vile heart, foreign to any virtue and human privilege or quality, for a man to say to a woman: "I am your servant"

Noun

salvaggio m (plural salvaggi)

  1. Obsolete form of selvaggio.
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