singhiozzo

See also: singhiozzò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sinˈɡjot.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -ottso
• Hyphenation: sin‧ghióz‧zo

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *singluttium, ultimately from Latin singultus, influenced by gluttiō. Compare French sanglot, Venetian sangiuto. Compare also Portuguese soluço, Romanian sughiț, Spanish sollozo, Sicilian sugghiuzzu and suttugghiu, from suggluttium.

Noun

singhiozzo m (plural singhiozzi)

1. hiccup, singultus
2. sob
   • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Filocopo‎^[1], published 1723, page 147:

     come ella potè, si sforzò di parlare, e con debol voce, rotta da molti singhiozzi di pianto, disse.

     She struggled to speak, and with a feeble voice, among many crying sobs, she said

Derived terms

• a singhiozzo
• singhiozzio

Related terms

• singhiozzare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

singhiozzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of singhiozzare