biacca
Italian
Etymology
From Lombardic blaih, bleih (“pale, white”), from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ-. Compare German bleich (“pale, pallid”) and English bleach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbjak.ka/, [ˈbjäkːä]
- Rhymes: -akka
- Hyphenation: biàc‧ca
Noun
biacca f (plural biacche)
- (usually uncountable) white lead, ceruse