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See also: Tocco and toccò

Italian

Etymology 1

Deverbal from toccare (to touch) + -o.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtok.ko/
  • Rhymes: -okko
  • Hyphenation: tóc‧co

Noun

tocco m (plural tocchi)

  1. touch
  2. knock, rap, blow
  3. stroke (of a clock or a brush); one o'clock

Etymology 2

From toccare + -o (forms participles).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtok.ko/
  • Rhymes: -okko
  • Hyphenation: tóc‧co

Adjective

tocco (feminine tocca, masculine plural tocchi, feminine plural tocche)

  1. touched (not totally sane)
    una persona un po' tocca(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. bruised (of fruit)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtok.ko/
  • Rhymes: -okko
  • Hyphenation: tóc‧co

Verb

tocco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of toccare

Etymology 4

Probably from Latin tucca (liquid lard(?)). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

tocco m (plural tocchi)

  1. hunk, chunk (especially of food)
  2. meat sauce (in Genoese cuisine)

Etymology 5

Borrowed from French toque.

Pronunciation

Noun

tocco m (plural tocchi)

  1. toque (type of brimless hat, sometimes worn today by magistrates, lawyers and university professors along with a toga)
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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian toccare, itself inherited from Vulgar Latin *tuccāre, borrowed from Frankish *tukkōn (to touch, hit).

Verb

toccō (present infinitive toccāre, perfect active toccāvī, supine toccātum); first conjugation

  1. (Renaissance Latin) to touch

Conjugation

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