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)

(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”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faˈɡɔt.to/^[2]
Rhymes: -ɔtto
Hyphenation: fa‧gòt‧to

Noun

fagotto m (plural fagotti)

bundle, sack
(figurative) clumsy or awkward person, a klutz or goofball
(music) bassoon

Derived terms

affagottare
fare fagotto (“to run away”)

Descendants

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

References

^ fagotto¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
^ fagotto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[1] tto¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

[2] tto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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