"chiotto" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /ˈkjɔt.to/ Forms: chiotta [feminine], chiotti [masculine, plural], chiotte [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɔtto Etymology: Perhaps from Latin plautus (“having flat feet, or wide ears”), via a southern dialect, like Neapolitan. The geminate -tt- may be due to influence of *plattus (“flat”) (whence Italian piatto and Neapolitan chiatto). Etymology templates: {{der|it|la|plautus|t=having flat feet, or wide ears}} Latin plautus (“having flat feet, or wide ears”), {{bor|it|nap|-}} Neapolitan, {{m|la|*plattus|t=flat}} *plattus (“flat”), {{cog|it|piatto}} Italian piatto, {{cog|nap|chiatto}} Neapolitan chiatto Head templates: {{it-adj}} chiotto (feminine chiotta, masculine plural chiotti, feminine plural chiotte)
  1. quiet, still, be it because of pressure, fear, hypocrisy, or in order to act in secret
    Sense id: en-chiotto-it-adj-t80J-0B- Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 98 2
  2. (by extension) sly Tags: broadly Synonyms: sornione
    Sense id: en-chiotto-it-adj-e-M1MrPp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ciotto (english: central Italy)

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