nacchera
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnak.ke.ra/
- Rhymes: -akkera
- Hyphenation: nàc‧che‧ra
Etymology 1
From Late Latin nacchara, perhaps from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra).
Alternative forms
- naccara, nacara, nachera, gnacchera, gnaccara (obsolete or vernacular)
Noun
nacchera f (plural nacchere)
- (historical) a percussive musical instrument similar to a drum
- Synonym: nacchero
- (music, in the plural) castanet
- fan shell (Pinna nobilis)
- (obsolete) mother-of-pearl, nacre
Derived terms
- naccherare
- naccherino
Further reading
Nacchere on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- nacchera in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
nacchera
- inflection of naccherare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative