frugnolo

Italian

Alternative forms

• frugnuolo (literary)
• fornuolo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *furneolus, derived from Latin furnus (“oven”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fruɲˈɲɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: fru‧gnò‧lo

Noun

frugnolo m (plural frugnoli)

1. a lantern used in nighttime bird hunting or fishing

   Hypernym: lanterna

Derived terms

• frugnolare

Further reading

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