"cagnotto" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /kaɲˈɲɔt.to/ Forms: cagnotti [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔtto Etymology: From cane (“dog”) + -otto (pejorative suffix), using the root found in cagna (“female dog”). Etymology templates: {{af|it|cane<t:dog>|-otto<pos:pejorative suffix>}} cane (“dog”) + -otto (pejorative suffix) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} cagnotto m (plural cagnotti)
  1. hired ruffian Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "cane<t:dog>",
        "3": "-otto<pos:pejorative suffix>"
      },
      "expansion": "cane (“dog”) + -otto (pejorative suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cane (“dog”) + -otto (pejorative suffix), using the root found in cagna (“female dog”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cagnotti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cagnotto m (plural cagnotti)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧gnòt‧to"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ca‧gnòt‧to"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian terms suffixed with -otto",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hired ruffian"
      ],
      "id": "en-cagnotto-it-noun-lQ8HSXpm",
      "links": [
        [
          "ruffian",
          "ruffian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɲˈɲɔt.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔtto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cagnotto"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "cane<t:dog>",
        "3": "-otto<pos:pejorative suffix>"
      },
      "expansion": "cane (“dog”) + -otto (pejorative suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cane (“dog”) + -otto (pejorative suffix), using the root found in cagna (“female dog”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cagnotti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cagnotto m (plural cagnotti)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧gnòt‧to"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ca‧gnòt‧to"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms suffixed with -otto",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔtto",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ɔtto/3 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hired ruffian"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ruffian",
          "ruffian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɲˈɲɔt.to/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔtto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cagnotto"
}

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