Thesaurus:finocchio

Italian

Noun

Sense: homosexual man

Synonyms
  • bucaiolo (Florentine slang)
  • bulicio (Genoan slang)
  • busone (Bologna)
  • checca (effeminate gay man)
  • culattari (Ferrara)
  • culattone (Veneto)
  • culo (Lombard slang)
  • femminiello (pre-op transgendered, especially a trans woman) (Naples)
  • feno (Venetian slang)
  • finocchio (literally fennel)
  • frociaggine
  • frocio (originally Rome)
  • frocione (Milanese slang)
  • garruso (Sicily, especially Agrigento)
  • invertito (literally inverted)
  • nerchioso (Roman slang)
  • occhio fino (metathesis of finocchio, literally subtle eye)
  • pedale (top in a gay male couple) (Ferrara)
  • ricchione / recchione
  • travestito (cross-dresser)
  • viado (pre-op transgered) (from Brazilian Portuguese)