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finocchio¹

  • /fɪˈnɒkɪəʊ/ UK
  • /fɪˈnəʊkɪəʊ/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊkiəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian finocchio (“fennel; (derogatory) male homosexual”). Doublet of fennel and finook.

noun finocchi · finocchios · fennocchio · fennochio · fenocchio · fenochio

  1. A fennel cultivar with a bulb-like structure at its base, used as a vegetable; Florence fennel (Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum). Finocchios are shoots of the fennel, an odoriferous plant of the Umbelliferae family.

    Similar: Florence fennel

  2. derogatory, slang A gay man. On many, a cold freezing night, of temperatures hovering near zero, the finocchios tease and try to encourage Tedesco to join in their warm body orgies.

Finocchio²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian Finocchio.

proper noun Finocchios

  1. A surname from Italian.

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noun Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum

Ελληνικάφινόκιο finókio

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"finocchio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/finocchio. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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finocchio. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/finocchio

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"finocchio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/finocchio.

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@misc{finocchio_2026,
  title = {finocchio},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/finocchio},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}