fascio
/ˈfæʃoʊ/noun
fascio is a noun meaning “A bundle or sheaf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-S-C-I-O, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fascio is fascios or fasci.
What does fascio mean?
noun
- 1
A bundle or sheaf.
- 2
An organised Italian political group, typically one resisting state government and advocating radical change; (specifically) any of a number of groups formed around the period of the First World War.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fascio?
- US /ˈfæʃoʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fascio
- fascios plural
- fasci plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fascio?
Fascio appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fascio come from?
Borrowed from Italian fascio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).