ghiaccia

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡjat.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -attʃa
  • Hyphenation: ghiàc‧cia

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *glacia, from Latin glaciēs, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (cold). Doublet of glassa.

Noun

ghiaccia f (plural ghiacce)

  1. (archaic) ice
    Synonym: ghiaccio
    • 1314, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXIV”, in Inferno, lines 28–31; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata, 2nd revised edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Le Lettere, 1994:
      Lo ’mperador del doloroso regno
      da mezzo ’l petto uscia fuor de la ghiaccia;
      e più con un gigante io mi convegno,
      che i giganti non fan con le sue braccia
      The Emperor of the dolorous kingdom was coming out of the ice starting from his mid-breast; and I compare myself to a giant more than a giant does with his arms
  2. (uncommon) ice cap
  3. (rare, foods) icing, frosting
    Synonym: glassa

Adjective

ghiaccia

  1. feminine singular of ghiaccio

Verb

ghiaccia

  1. inflection of ghiacciare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

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