grottesco

Italian

Etymology

From grotta (“cave”) +‎ -esco (relational suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡrotˈte.sko/
Rhymes: -esko
Hyphenation: grot‧té‧sco

Adjective

grottesco (feminine grottesca, masculine plural grotteschi, feminine plural grottesche)

grotesque

Derived terms

grottescamente

Descendants

→ Catalan: grotesc
→ Middle French: grotesque
- → English: grotesque
- French: grotesque
  - → Romanian: grotesc
Piedmontese: grotesch
→ Portuguese: grotesco
→ Spanish: grotesco

Further reading

grottesco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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