chiurlo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
2. (masculine) synonym of piovanello maggiore (“red knot”)
3. (masculine) synonym of mignattaio (“glossy ibis”)
4. (masculine) synonym of assiolo (“Eurasian scops owl”)
5. (figuratively, masculine, vernacular) fool, idiot

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of chiurlare

Concepts

curlew

whimbrel

Eurasian curlew

Translations

courlis

zarapito

courlie

wulp

sarapico

maçarico-real

polit

zarapito real

großer Brachvogel

courlieu

courlis cendré

Numenius arquata

Hyphenated as

chiùr‧lo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkjur.lo/

Etymology

Compare French courlis, English curlew, ultimately onomatopoeic.