discesa

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /diʃˈʃe.za/, (traditional) /diʃˈʃe.sa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eza, (traditional) -esa
  • Hyphenation: di‧scé‧sa

Etymology 1

Deverbal, formed with the feminine past participle of discendere (“to go down, descend”). Cognate with Piedmontese dissèisa. Displaced Latin dēscēnsus.

Noun

discesa f (plural discese)

  1. descent, slope
    Synonym: pendio
    Antonym: salita
  2. fall, drop
    Synonyms: calo, caduta, abbassamento
  3. downhill (sky)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

discesa f sg

  1. feminine singular of disceso

References
  1. discesa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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