biacca

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Italian

Etymology

From Lombardic blaih, bleih (pale, white), from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz. Compare German bleich (pale, pallid) and English bleach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjak.ka/
  • Rhymes: -akka
  • Hyphenation: biàc‧ca

Noun

biacca f (plural biacche)

  1. (usually uncountable, art) white lead, ceruse
    lumeggiato a biaccashaded in white lead

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