-accia

See also: accia and àccia

Italian

Etymology

The suffix -accio/-accia stems from Latin -aceum/-aceam,[1] the accusative singular of -aceus/-acea.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈat.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -attʃa
  • Hyphenation: -àc‧cia

Suffix

-accia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -acce, masculine -accio)

  1. forms pejorative nouns from nouns
    ‎bestia (“beast”) + ‎-accia → ‎bestiaccia (“nasty or ugly beast”)
    ‎lingua (“tongue”) + ‎-accia → ‎linguaccia (“spiteful gossip”)

Derived terms
Italian terms suffixed with -accia

References
  1. “-accio” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

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