Masculine

razzo

Meaning

  1. (masculine) skyrocket (firework)
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of razzo di segnalazione
  3. (masculine) rocket (rocket engine)
  4. (masculine) rocket (non guided missile)
  5. (alt-of, alternative, masculine, obsolete) alternative form of raggio (“ray, beam”)
  6. (masculine, regional) spoke (part of a wheel)

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ràz‧zo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈrad.d͡zo/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin radius. Doublet of raggio, radio, and rai, which were respectively inherited from Latin, borrowed from Latin, and borrowed from Occitan.

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