"sottobosco" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /sot.toˈbɔs.ko/ Forms: sottoboschi [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔsko Etymology: From sotto- + bosco. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:af|sotto-|bosco}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "bush", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bush", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*buskaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Frankish", "term" : "*busk", "lang" : "frk" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Early Medieval Latin", "term" : "boscus", "lang" : "la-eme" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "bosco", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "sottobosco", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="sottobosco">, {{prefix|it|sotto|bosco}} sotto- + bosco Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} sottobosco m (plural sottoboschi)
  1. undergrowth Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sottobosco-it-noun-2GrEqVtf Categories (other): Italian entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 19 43 38
  2. an aroma, in some wines, of frutti di bosco Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sottobosco-it-noun-drK1CXpJ Categories (other): Italian entries referencing missing etymons, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms prefixed with sotto-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 19 43 38 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 18 47 36 Disambiguation of Italian terms prefixed with sotto-: 18 48 34 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 55 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 55 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 75 14
  3. (derogatory) lowlife Tags: derogatory, masculine
    Sense id: en-sottobosco-it-noun-5~Fpwyio Categories (other): Italian entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of Italian entries referencing missing etymons: 19 43 38

Inflected forms

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