Masculine
finocchio
Meaning
- (masculine) fennel
- (derogatory, masculine, slang, vulgar) queer, poof, nancyboy, faggot
- (archaic, masculine) bungler (incompetent or worthless person)
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
fenouil
Fenchel
hinojo
bicha
ibne
fonoll
μάραθο
venkelFrequency
Hyphenated as
fi‧nòc‧chio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fiˈnɔk.kjo/
Etymology
From Late Latin fēnuculum (contracted to a later Vulgar Latin form *fenuclum), from a diminutive of Latin fēnum. The slang sense is of Tuscan origin and probably derives from the archaic meaning “worthless person”, although many different folk etymologies exist.
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