ghiaccia
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡjat.t͡ʃa/, [ˈɡ̟jät͡ːʃä]
- Hyphenation: ghiàc‧cia
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Noun
ghiaccia f (plural ghiacce)
- (archaic) ice
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXXIV, p. 507, vv. 28-29:
- Lo 'mperador del doloroso regno ¶ da mezzo 'l petto uscia fuor de la ghiaccia
- The Emperor of the kingdom dolorous ¶ from his mid-breast forth issued from the ice
- Lo 'mperador del doloroso regno ¶ da mezzo 'l petto uscia fuor de la ghiaccia
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXXIV, p. 507, vv. 28-29:
- (rare, foods) icing, frosting
Related terms
Verb
ghiaccia
- third-person singular present indicative of ghiacciare
- second-person singular imperative of ghiacciare
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