quatto

See also: quàtto

Italian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwat.to/
  • Rhymes: -atto
  • Hyphenation: quàt‧to

Adjective

quatto (feminine quatta, masculine plural quatti, feminine plural quatte)

  1. bent, curled
  2. silent, mute, aloof

Derived terms

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quattuor.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈkwatt(ə)]

Numeral

quatto

  1. four

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 285: “tre; quattro” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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