Feminine

aguglia

Meaning

  1. (archaic, feminine) large sewing needle; compass needle
  2. (archaic, feminine) spire (tapering architectural structure)
  3. (archaic, feminine) obelisk
  4. (feminine) garfish, needlefish, game fish (of family Belonidae)

Concepts

soury

billfish garpike

Translations

aguja de mar

pez aguja

Knochenhecht

Hornhecht

aiguille de mer

Belone belone

geep

Hyphenated as
a‧gù‧glia
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aˈɡuʎ.ʎa/
Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan agulha, from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”) (whence Italian ago). Doublet of agucchia, now rare. Compare Sicilian agugghia.

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