treccia

Italian

Etymology

Probably a blend of Old French tresce (“tress”) and trina (“sash”). Possibly influenced by tre (“three”). Compare French tresse, Sicilian trizza, Spanish trenza.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtret.t͡ʃa/
Rhymes: -ettʃa
Hyphenation: tréc‧cia

Noun

treccia f (plural trecce)

braid
plait
tress (of hair)

Derived terms

Further reading

Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “treccia”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Anagrams

accerti, cercati, cretica

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