fagotto

See also: Fagotto

English

Etymology

From Italian fagotto. So called from being divided into parts for ease of carrying, making it a sort of small bundle or fagot. Doublet of fagot and faggot.

Noun

fagotto (plural fagottos or fagottoes or fagotti)

1. (music, dated) The bassoon.

References

• “fagotto”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology

Diminutive of Vulgar Latin *facus, from Latin fascis (“bundle of wood”), or perhaps from Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈɡɔt.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔtto
• Hyphenation: fa‧gòt‧to

Noun

fagotto m (plural fagotti)

1. bundle, sack
2. (figurative) clumsy or awkward person, a klutz or goofball
3. (music) bassoon

Derived terms

• affagottare
• fare fagotto (“to run away”)

Descendants

• → German: Fagott
• → Russian: фаго́т (fagót) (see there for further descendants)