cavernicolo

Italian

Etymology

    From caverna +‎ -colo.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ka.verˈni.ko.lo/
    • Rhymes: -ikolo
    • Hyphenation: ca‧ver‧nì‧co‧lo

    Adjective

    cavernicolo (feminine cavernicola, masculine plural cavernicoli, feminine plural cavernicole)

    1. cavernicolous

    Noun

    cavernicolo m (plural cavernicoli, feminine cavernicola)

    1. cave dweller, caveman
      Synonym: troglodita

    Further reading

    • “cavernicolo”, in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
    • “cavernicolo” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
    • “cavernicolo” in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
    • “cavernicolo” in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
    • “cavernìcolo” in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
    • “cavernìcolo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

    Latin

    Adjective

    cavernicolō

    1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cavernicolus
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