villeggiatura
English
Alternative forms
- villegiatura
Etymology
From Italian villeggiatura.
Noun
villeggiatura (uncountable)
- country retirement; staying at a place in the country
Further reading
- “villeggiatura”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Italian
Etymology
From villeggiare (“to stay at a country seat”) + -tura. Compare Piedmontese vilegiatura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vil.led.d͡ʒaˈtu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: vil‧leg‧gia‧tù‧ra
Noun
villeggiatura f (plural villeggiature)
- villegiatura; a vacation in the countryside, on the seaside, or in the mountains
- Synonym: vacanza
Related terms
- villeggiante
Descendants
- → English: villeggiatura
- → French: villégiature
- →? German: Villegiatur
- → Romanian: vilegiatură
Further reading
- villeggiatura in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana