schizofrenico

Italian

Etymology

Internationalism. See English schizophrenic. May sometimes be erroneously written as schizzofrenico with interference from schizzo (“squirt, shoot”). Also related to schizofrenia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skit.t͡soˈfrɛ.ni.ko/, (hypercorrect) /ski.tsoˈfrɛ.ni.ko/, (traditional) /skid.d͡zoˈfrɛ.ni.ko/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛniko
  • Hyphenation: schi‧zo‧frè‧ni‧co

Adjective

schizofrenico (feminine schizofrenica, masculine plural schizofrenici, feminine plural schizofreniche)

  1. schizophrenic

Noun

schizofrenico m (plural schizofrenici, feminine schizofrenica)

  1. schizophrenic

References

  1. ^ schizofrenico in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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