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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian braccio. Doublet of brachium.
Noun
braccio (plural braccia)
- An Italian measure of length, varying from half a yard to a yard.
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Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Compare Sicilian vrazzu.
Noun
braccio m (plural (in most meanings) braccia f or (in the figurative meanings "branch (of a railway/railroad or river), wing (of a building), arm (of a cross, crane, of scales), strait, isthmus") bracci m, diminutive braccìno or braccétto, augmentative braccióne, diminutive-augmentative bracciòtto)
- (anatomy) arm
- Synonym: membro
- (anatomy) upper arm
- Coordinate term: avambraccio (“forearm”)
- (unit of measure, nautical) fathom
- (figurative) work, effort
- (figurative) power, faculty, authority
- (geography) narrow stretch of land or sea, joining larger bodies
- braccio di mare ― strait (literally, “narrow stretch of sea”)
- braccio di terra ― isthmus (literally, “narrow stretch of land”)
- (mechanics) arm (of a crane, of a cross, of scales, of a candelabrum, etc.)
- branch (of a river or railway/railroad)
- wing (of a building)
Usage notes
- In senses 1 through 4, the plural form used is braccia, derived from Latin bracchia, the ancient neuter plural of bracchium. In the remaining senses the plural is derived regularly from the Italian masculine plural ending -i and is thus bracci.
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Etymology 2
Verb
braccio
- first-person singular present indicative of bracciare
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