coltello
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See also: coltellò
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cultellus (“small knife, dagger”), diminutive of culter (“knife”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]coltello m (plural coltelli, diminutive coltellìno or (rare) coltellétto, augmentative coltellóne, pejorative coltellàccio, derogatory coltellùccio)
Derived terms
[edit]- coltello a scatto, coltello a serramanico (“flick knife”)
- coltello da caccia (“bowie knife, hunting knife”)
- coltello da carne (“steak knife”)
- coltello da cucina (“kitchen knife”)
- coltello da formaggio (“cheese knife”)
- coltello da frutta (“fruit knife”)
- coltello da intaglio (“carving knife”)
- coltello da lancio (“throwing knife”)
- coltello da macellaio (“butcher knife”)
- coltello da stucco (“putty knife”)
- coltello da tasca (“penknife, pocket knife”)
- coltello per pane (“bread knife”)
- coltello per potare (“pruning knife”)
Related terms
[edit]- accoltellamento
- accoltellare
- accoltellato
- coltella
- coltellame
- coltellata
- coltelleria
- coltelliera
- coltellinaio
- coltro
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kelH-
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛllo
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛllo/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Cookware and bakeware
- it:Cutlery
- it:Household