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nocciolo

Pronunciation: /ˈnɔt.t͡ʃo.lo/

“nocciolo” is an Italian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. stone, kernel (of a fruit)
  2. core, heart
  3. hazel (tree)
  4. hazel (wood)
  5. synonym of palombo (“common smooth-hound”)

In Italian

  1. pianta da frutto della famiglia delle Betulacee cespugliosa che fornisce le nocciole
  2. legno della pianta stessa
  3. guscio legnoso contenuto nella polpa di una drupa e racchiudente il seme
  4. sostanza, centro di un discorso o di un problema; andare al nocciolo. Talvolta anche nel significato di origine; tornare al nocciolo della tradizione.
  5. centro, pelopiú duro, di un oggetto; il nocciolo del reattore nucleare
  6. palombo stellato

Etymology

Probably derived from Latin nucleus (perhaps the variant form nuculeus), from nux (“nut”), or from the diminutive nucleolus; alternatively from nuceu(m), nuceus (“of nuts”), with influence from nocciola. Compare Sicilian nòzzulu.

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