singhiozzo

See also: singhiozzò

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sinˈɡjot.t͡so/
  • Rhymes: -ottso
  • Hyphenation: sin‧ghióz‧zo

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *singlutius, ultimately from Latin singultus, influenced by gluttiō. Compare French sanglot, Venetian sangiuto. Compare also Portuguese soluço, Romanian sughiț, Spanish sollozo, Sicilian sugghiuzzu, from suggluttium.

Noun

singhiozzo m (plural singhiozzi)

  1. hiccup, singultus
  2. sob
    • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Filocopo‎, published 1723, page 147:
      come ella potè, ſi ſforzò di parlare, e con debol voce, rotta da molti ſinghiozzi di pianto, disse.
      She struggled to speak, and with a feeble voice, among many crying sobs, she said
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

singhiozzo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of singhiozzare
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