fronzuto

Italian

Etymology

By surface analysis, fronza (“green leaf of a wheat plant; leafy branch”) +‎ -uto (“-ed, having the object represented by the noun”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fronˈd͡zu.to/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: fron‧zù‧to

Adjective

fronzuto (feminine fronzuta, masculine plural fronzuti, feminine plural fronzute) (literary)

  1. leafy
    Synonym: frondoso
  2. (transferred sense) arboriferous, well-wooded, woodsy, treey

References

  • “fronzuto”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
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