camorra
See also: Camorra
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian camorra, from a Neapolitan word supposedly from Spanish camorra (“dispute, quarrel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.mɔ.ʁa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -a
Noun
camorra f (plural camorras)
- (singular only) Camorra (crime organization from Naples)
- (countable, by extension) any criminal organization
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From a Neapolitan word supposedly from Spanish camorra (“dispute, quarrel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈmɔr.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɔrra
- Hyphenation: ca‧mòr‧ra
Noun
camorra f (plural camorre)
- (singular only) Camorra (crime organization from Naples)
- (countable, by extension) any criminal organization
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈmɔ.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔra
- Syllabification: ca‧mo‧rra
Spanish
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈmora/ [kaˈmo.ra]
- Rhymes: -ora
- Syllabification: ca‧mo‧rra
Noun
camorra f (plural camorras)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “camorra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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