castello

See also: Castello and Castelló

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian castello.

Noun

castello (plural castellos or castelli)

  1. A municipality of San Marino.
    • 2016, Christopher Walker, The First 49:
      The bus wound its way up into San Marino, passing through the various small castellos that add up to form the diminutive country, […]

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasˈtɛl.lo/[1][2]
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  • Homophone: Castello
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: ca‧stèl‧lo

Noun

castello m (plural castelli)

  1. castle
  2. castello (municipality of San Marino)

Descendants

  • → Albanian: kështjellë, këshqel
  • →? Maltese: kastell
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قسطل (kastel), كستل (kestel)
  • → Interlingua: castello

References

  1. ^ castello in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ castello in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

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Latin

Noun

castellō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of castellum
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