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notturno

/nɒˈtʊə(ɹ)nəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables
not-turno
IPA
/nɒˈtʊə(ɹ)nəʊ/
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nocturne.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian notturno (“nocturnal, nightly”), from Latin nocturnus, from noctū (“by night”), from nox (“night”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Doublet of nocturne.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: notturno, nocturnus, *nókʷts

Inflected Forms

notturnos (plural) notturni (plural)

Synonyms

nocturne

Questions

How do you pronounce notturno?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɒˈtʊə(ɹ)nəʊ/.
What does notturno mean?
A nocturne.
Where does notturno come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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