nebbia
Italian
Etymology
From Latin nebula, through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *nebla. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Compare Sicilian negghia, Venetian nebia, Spanish niebla, Romanian negură and Aromanian nigurã.Doublet of nebula, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnebbja]
Noun
nebbia f (plural nebbie)
- fog, mist
Synonyms
- foschia
Derived terms
- annebbiare
- nebbiolina
- nebbiogeno
- nebbioso