finocchio

Meaning

1. A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum).
2. (derogatory, slang) A gay man.

Synonyms

fennel

Florence fennel

Translations

fonoll

μάραθο

fenouil

funcho

foeniculum vulgare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɪˈnɒkɪəʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian finocchio (“fennel; (derogatory) male homosexual”). Doublet of fennel and finook.