guscio

Italian

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Ancient Greek κύστιον (kústion), from κύστις (kústis).
Lombardo and Emiliano fem. guscia. Compare 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)

  1. 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

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