oracolo

• IPA^(key): /oˈra.ko.lo/
• Rhymes: -akolo
• Hyphenation: o‧rà‧co‧lo

Borrowed from Latin ōrāculum.

oracolo m (plural oracoli)

1. oracle

• oracolare

• oracolo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From Late Latin and Medieval Latin ōrāculum (“place of prayer”), by reinterpretation of Classical Latin ōrāculum as related to ōrō (“to pray”).

oracolo m (plural oracoli) (obsolete)

1. oratory, prayer room

   Synonym: oratorio

• oracolo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

oracolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of oracolare