tocco

See also: Tocco and toccò

Italian

Etymology 1

    Deverbal from toccare (“to touch”) +‎ -o.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈtok.ko/
    • Rhymes: -okko
    • Hyphenation: tóc‧co

    Noun

    tocco m (plural tocchi)

    1. touch
    2. knock, rap, blow
    3. stroke (of a clock or a brush); one o'clock

    Etymology 2

      From toccare +‎ -o (forms participles).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈtok.ko/
      • Rhymes: -okko
      • Hyphenation: tóc‧co

      Adjective

      tocco (feminine tocca, masculine plural tocchi, feminine plural tocche)

      1. touched (not totally sane)
        una persona un po' tocca ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
      2. bruised (of fruit)

      Etymology 3

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈtok.ko/
      • Rhymes: -okko
      • Hyphenation: tóc‧co

      Verb

      tocco

      1. first-person singular present indicative of toccare

      Etymology 4

        Probably from Latin tucca (liquid lard(?)). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈtɔk.ko/
        • Rhymes: -ɔkko
        • Hyphenation: tòc‧co

        Noun

        tocco m (plural tocchi)

        1. hunk, chunk (especially of food)
        2. meat sauce (in Genoese cuisine)

        Etymology 5

          Borrowed from French toque.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈtɔk.ko/
          • Rhymes: -ɔkko
          • Hyphenation: tòc‧co

          Noun

          tocco m (plural tocchi)

          1. toque (type of brimless hat, sometimes worn today by magistrates, lawyers and university professors along with a toga)

          Latin

          Etymology

            Borrowed from Italian toccare, from Vulgar Latin *tuccāre, borrowed from Frankish *tukkōn (“to touch, hit”).

            Verb

            toccō (present infinitive toccāre, perfect active toccāvī, supine toccātum); first conjugation

            1. (Renaissance Latin) to touch

            Conjugation