gracchia

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrak.kja/, [ˈɡr̺äkk̟jä]
  • Rhymes: -akkja
  • Stress: gràcchia
  • Hyphenation: grac‧chia

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin root *gracla, syncopated form of Late Latin grācula, feminine form of Classical Latin grāculus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Doublet of grola.

Noun

gracchia f (plural gracchie) (archaic)

  1. (literary) Alternative form of gracchio (“jackdaw”)
  2. (figuratively) chatterbox, windbag
Synonyms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gracchia

  1. third-person singular present indicative of gracchiare
  2. second-person singular imperative of gracchiare
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