mozzo

See also: mozzò

Italian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *mutius, from Latin mutilus. Compare French mousse and Spanish mocho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmot.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -ottso
• Hyphenation: móz‧zo

Adjective

mozzo (feminine mozza, masculine plural mozzi, feminine plural mozze)

1. cut off (head)
2. docked (tail)

Derived terms

• mozzamente

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish mozo, possibly from Latin musteus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmot.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -ottso
• Hyphenation: móz‧zo

Noun

mozzo m (plural mozzi)

1. (nautical) ship's boy
2. boy, lad

Derived terms

• mozzo di stalla

Descendants

• → Greek: μούτσος (moútsos)
  • → Bulgarian: му́цо (múco)
• → Ottoman Turkish: موچو (muço), میچو (mıço)
  • Turkish: miço, muço
  • → Albanian: muço
  • → Armenian: միչօ (mičʻō)
  • → Bulgarian: му́чо (múčo)

Etymology 3

From Latin modium. Doublet of moggio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmot.t͡so/, /ˈmɔt.t͡so/, (traditional) /ˈmɔd.d͡zo/
• Rhymes: -ottso, -ɔttso, (traditional) -ɔddzo
• Hyphenation: móz‧zo, mòz‧zo

Noun

mozzo m (plural mozzi)

1. hub, nave
2. boss (of a screw)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmot.t͡so/
• Rhymes: -ottso
• Hyphenation: móz‧zo

Verb

mozzo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mozzare