veltra

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛl.tra/, [ˈvɛl̺t̪r̺ä]
  • Stress: vèltra
  • Hyphenation: vel‧tra

Noun

veltra f (plural veltre) (literary, rare)

  1. feminine of veltro: greyhound (female)
    • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Quarta giornata, Novella VI [Fourth Day, Sixth Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 120:
      appreſſo queſto mi pareva […] uſciſſe (non ſo diche parte) una veltra nera, come carbone
      And presently meseemed that there came forth (I knew not whence) a greyhound bitch, black as coal
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