Masculine
focolaio
Meaning
- (masculine) focus
- (masculine) centre (of infection)
- (masculine) hotbed, breeding ground, flash point
- (masculine) outbreak (epidemic)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
fo‧co‧là‧io
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fo.koˈla.jo/
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *focolarium. Cf. focolare. Cognate with Sicilian fucularu.
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