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zoppo.

lame, limping, crippled

5 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈd͡zɔp.po//ˈt͡sɔp.po/

  1. lame, limping, crippled

  2. shaky, rickety, unsteady, wobbly (of furniture)

Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin cloppus, perhaps ultimately imitative of a limping person. The Italian was possibly altered by influence from zanca. Compare Romanian șchiop, cf. also Catalan and Occitan esclop, Old French clop and Sicilian zoppu.

noun/ˈd͡zɔp.po//ˈt͡sɔp.po/

  1. a lame person; a cripple

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin cloppus, perhaps ultimately imitative of a limping person. The Italian was possibly altered by influence from zanca. Compare Romanian șchiop, cf. also Catalan and Occitan esclop, Old French clop and Sicilian zoppu.

verb/ˈd͡zɔp.po//ˈt͡sɔp.po/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of zoppare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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