codardo

Italian

Etymology

Calque of Old French couard, from cue (“tail”).[1] By surface analysis, coda (“tail”)[1] +‎ -ardo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈdar.do/[2]
  • Rhymes: -ardo
  • Hyphenation: co‧dàr‧do

Adjective

codardo (feminine codarda, masculine plural codardi, feminine plural codarde)

  1. cowardly, namby-pamby, spineless
  2. (heraldry) coward (of a lion)

Derived terms

Noun

codardo m (plural codardi, feminine codarda)

  1. coward, nithing, dastard, wretch, sneak

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 codardo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ codardo in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025

Further reading

  • codardo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • codardo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • codardo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • codardo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • codardo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
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