"scherzo" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsker.t͡so/ Forms: scherzi [plural]
Rhymes: -ertso Etymology: Deverbal from scherzare (“to joke, play, jest”) + -o, from Old Italian scherzare, borrowed from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”) from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (German scherzen (“to joke”); Scherz (“joke, sport”)), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”). Etymology templates: {{it-deverbal|scherzare<t:to joke, play, jest>}} Deverbal from scherzare (“to joke, play, jest”) + -o, {{der|it|roa-oit|scherzare}} Old Italian scherzare, {{der|it|lng|*skerzan||to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest}} Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”), {{der|it|gem-pro|*skertaną||to hop, jump}} Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), {{der|it|ine-pro|*(s)kerǝd-||to dance, jump}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”), {{cog|gmh|scherzen||to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down}} Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”), {{cog|de|scherzen||to joke}} German scherzen (“to joke”), {{m|de|Scherz||joke, sport}} Scherz (“joke, sport”), {{cog|no|skjerta||to joke}} Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} scherzo m (plural scherzi)
  1. joke, jest, trick, hoax, frolic Tags: masculine Synonyms: beffa, battuta, derisione, scherno
    Sense id: en-scherzo-it-noun-R1ju3aiF Categories (other): Italian deverbals, Italian terms suffixed with -o (deverbal) Disambiguation of Italian deverbals: 56 10 34 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -o (deverbal): 55 19 26
  2. (figurative) joke, trifle, cinch (something easy to do) Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-scherzo-it-noun--hII8DGE
  3. (music) scherzo (piece of music played in a playful manner) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-scherzo-it-noun-Z7UqVrWy Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scherzando, scherzare, scherzoso
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} scherzo
  1. first-person singular present indicative of scherzare Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: scherzare
    Sense id: en-scherzo-it-verb-upn0cHZx Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 25 7 17 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scherzo meaning in Italian (4.7kB)

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