quadrisavolo

Italian

Etymology

Alteration of trisavolo (“great-great-grandfather”) with quadris, a variant of quater (“four times, fourfold”) created by false analogy with tris (“thrice, threefold”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkwa.driˈza.vo.lo/, /ˌkwa.drizˈa.vo.lo/
  • Rhymes: -avolo
  • Hyphenation: qua‧dri‧sà‧vo‧lo, qua‧dris‧à‧vo‧lo

Noun

quadrisavolo m (plural quadrisavoli, feminine quadrisavola)

  1. thrice great-grandfather (the grandfather of someone's great-grandfather)
    Synonym: (extremely rare) bisarcavolo
  2. (usually in the plural) forefather, ancestor
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