spicchio

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) segment (of a citrus fruit)
2. (masculine) clove (bulb of garlic)
3. (broadly, masculine) wedge (wedge-shaped piece of food)
4. (broadly, masculine) any wedge-shaped portion of something, especially round objects:
5. (broadly, masculine) any wedge-shaped portion of something, especially round objects:
6. (masculine) any arm or point of a cross; any ray of a star

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of spicchiare

Concepts

segment

clove

slice

wedge

quarter

section

tine

quartier

district

gore

neighbourhood

Synonyms

frasca

ramo

zona

segmento

Translations

quartier

gajo

gousse

diente

🦷

Ast

Viertel

فِلْقة

κλαδί

grilló

τμήμα

κλωνάρι

σκελίδα

τμήμα φρούτου

part

Zweig

Hyphenated as

spìc‧chio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspik.kjo/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *spiclu(m), contracted form of Latin spīculum, diminutive of spīcum, alternative form of spīca (“ear of grain”). Doublet of spigolo.