carriera

See also: carrièra

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan carreira or its variants (compare modern Occitan carrièra, also French carrière), from Late Latin carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare the inherited doublet carraia, now archaic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /karˈrjɛ.ra/
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Rhymes: -ɛra
Hyphenation: car‧riè‧ra

Noun

carriera f (plural carriere)

career
the fastest gait (both senses)
mi passò accanto di gran carriera
he passed me by in a fast gait

Derived terms

carrierismo
carrierista
di gran carriera

Related terms

carro
carraio