vaccaio

Italian

Alternative forms

vaccaro

Etymology

From vacca +‎ -aio; cf. also Vulgar Latin *vaccārius. Compare Sicilian vaccaru, Friulian vacjâr, Romanian văcar, Occitan vaquièr, Catalan vaquer, French vacher, Spanish vaquero, Portuguese vaqueiro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vakˈka.jo/
Rhymes: -ajo
Hyphenation: vac‧cà‧io

Noun

vaccaio m (plural vaccai, feminine vaccaia)

cowherd

Derived terms

capovaccaio

Anagrams

accovai, avaccio

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