guscio
Italian
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from Ancient Greek κύστιον (kústion), from κύστις (kústis).
Lombardo and Emiliano fem. guscia
Related to French gousse ”pea pod” and Romanian găoace ”eggshell, snail shell”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡuʃ.ʃo/
- Rhymes: -uʃʃo
- Hyphenation: gù‧scio
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Noun
guscio m (plural gusci)
- shell (of an animal, nut etc.)
- Togliamo il guscio alla noce di cocco. ― Let's husk the coconut. (literally, “Let's remove the shell from the coconut.”)
Derived terms
- degusciare
- monoguscio
- sgusciare