"formaggio" meaning in Italian

See formaggio in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /forˈmad.d͡ʒo/ Forms: formaggi [plural]
Rhymes: -addʒo Etymology: Borrowed from Old French formage, from Medieval Latin fōrmāticum, from Latin fōrma (“mould/mold”). Compare modern French fromage. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|fro|fromage|formage}} Borrowed from Old French formage, {{der|it|ML.|fōrmāticum}} Medieval Latin fōrmāticum, {{der|it|la|fōrma||mould/mold}} Latin fōrma (“mould/mold”), {{cog|fr|fromage}} French fromage Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} formaggio m (plural formaggi)
  1. cheese Tags: masculine Synonyms: cacio Related terms: formaggera, formaggiera, formaggino
    Sense id: en-formaggio-it-noun-hzrJ~-pN Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dairy products

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "lang_code": "am",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "formaǧo",
      "word": "ፎርማጆ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Somali",
      "lang_code": "so",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "farmaajo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "fromage",
        "4": "formage"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old French formage",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "fōrmāticum"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin fōrmāticum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fōrma",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mould/mold"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fōrma (“mould/mold”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fromage"
      },
      "expansion": "French fromage",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French formage, from Medieval Latin fōrmāticum, from Latin fōrma (“mould/mold”). Compare modern French fromage.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "formaggi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "formaggio m (plural formaggi)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "for‧màg‧gio"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "for‧màg‧gio"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Dairy products",
          "orig": "it:Dairy products",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cheese"
      ],
      "id": "en-formaggio-it-noun-hzrJ~-pN",
      "links": [
        [
          "cheese",
          "cheese"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "formaggera"
        },
        {
          "word": "formaggiera"
        },
        {
          "word": "formaggino"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cacio"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/forˈmad.d͡ʒo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-addʒo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "formaggio"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "lang_code": "am",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "formaǧo",
      "word": "ፎርማጆ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Somali",
      "lang_code": "so",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "farmaajo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "fromage",
        "4": "formage"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old French formage",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "ML.",
        "3": "fōrmāticum"
      },
      "expansion": "Medieval Latin fōrmāticum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fōrma",
        "4": "",
        "5": "mould/mold"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fōrma (“mould/mold”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fromage"
      },
      "expansion": "French fromage",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French formage, from Medieval Latin fōrmāticum, from Latin fōrma (“mould/mold”). Compare modern French fromage.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "formaggi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "formaggio m (plural formaggi)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "for‧màg‧gio"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "for‧màg‧gio"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "formaggera"
    },
    {
      "word": "formaggiera"
    },
    {
      "word": "formaggino"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms borrowed from Old French",
        "Italian terms derived from Latin",
        "Italian terms derived from Medieval Latin",
        "Italian terms derived from Old French",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Italian terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Italian/addʒo",
        "Rhymes:Italian/addʒo/3 syllables",
        "it:Dairy products"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cheese"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheese",
          "cheese"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cacio"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/forˈmad.d͡ʒo/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-addʒo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "formaggio"
}

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