treccia
Italian
Etymology
Probably a blend of Old French tresce (“tress”) and trina (“sash”). Possibly influenced by tre (“three”). Compare French tresse, Spanish trenza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtret.t͡ʃa/
- Rhymes: -ettʃa
- Hyphenation: tréc‧cia
Noun
treccia f (plural trecce)
- braid
- plait
- tress (of hair)
Derived terms
- fermatrecce
- trecciaio
- trecciaiolo
- trecciatura
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