Masculine

ceppo

Meaning

  1. (masculine) stump (of a tree)
  2. (masculine) log (to burn)
  3. (derogatory, informal, masculine) habitually late person
  4. (broadly, figuratively, masculine, plural, plural-only) blocks of wood used to immobilize prisoners
  5. (broadly, figuratively, masculine, plural, plural-only) blocks of wood used to immobilize prisoners
  6. (masculine) cathead
  7. (masculine) strain
  8. (masculine) phylum; stock
  9. (masculine) brake shoe
  10. (masculine) sedimentary rock
  11. (literary, masculine) lineage; descent
  12. (archaic, masculine) box for the collection of duties

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
cép‧po
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈt͡ʃep.po/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus. Doublet of cippo, which was borrowed.

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