vecchia

Italian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛk.kja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkkja
  • Hyphenation: vèc‧chia

Adjective

vecchia

  1. feminine singular of vecchio

Derived terms

surnames and toponyms

Descendants

  • ⇒ Greek: ρομπαμπέκια (rompampékia)

Noun

vecchia f (plural vecchie, masculine vecchio, diminutive (mostly endearing) vecchìna or vecchiétta; vecchierèlla or (less common) vecchiarèlla, augmentative vecchióna, pejorative vecchiàccia)

  1. an old woman

Derived terms

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vetula.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈvɛccə], (adjective in sandhi) [-a]

Adjective

vecchia f sg

  1. feminine singular of viecchio (“old”)

Noun

vecchia f (plural vecchie)

  1. old woman
  2. grandmother

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 55: “una vecchia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Ledgeway, Adam (2009), Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 80

Sicilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛkkja/, [ˈvɛːk̟.k̟ʲɑ̝]
  • Hyphenation: vèc‧chia

Adjective

vecchia

  1. feminine singular of vecchiu
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