zaino

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zaj.no/[1][2]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ajno
  • Hyphenation: zài‧no

Etymology 1

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From Lombardic zeina (basket). Doublet of zana (basket).

Noun

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zaino m (plural zaini)

  1. satchel, rucksack, backpack
    Sta portando uno zaino sulla schiena.
    She is carrying a backpack on her back.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish zaino.

Adjective

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zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zaini, feminine plural zaine)

  1. (of the dark coat of a horse, dog etc.) having no light markings

References

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  1. ^ zaino in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ zaino in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Further reading

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  • zaino2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • zaino1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθaino/ [ˈθai̯.no]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsaino/ [ˈsai̯.no]
  • Rhymes: -aino
  • Syllabification: zai‧no

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِم (sāḥim, blackened).

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zainos, feminine plural zainas)

  1. (of horses or cattle) chestnut (of a dark, reddish-brown color)

Etymology 2

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From Andalusian Arabic زَهِيم (zahīm, unpleasant), from Arabic زَهِم (zahim, greasy, filthy, fetid).

Adjective

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zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zainos, feminine plural zainas)

  1. false-looking

Further reading

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  • zaino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2019), Dictionnaire des emprunts ibéro-romans. Emprunts à l’arabe et aux langues du Monde Islamique (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 542