eccidio

Italian

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin excidium (“demolition, destruction”), from exscindō (“to annihilate, extirpate”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /etˈt͡ʃi.djo/
  • Rhymes: -idjo
  • Hyphenation: ec‧cì‧dio

Noun

eccidio m (plural eccidi)

  1. massacre, mass murder, slaughter, carnage
    Synonyms: carneficina, (literary, rare) esizio, falcidia, massacro, strage

Further reading
  • eccidio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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