chierica

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkjɛ.ri.ka/, (traditional) /ˈkje.ri.ka/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛrika, (traditional) -erika
  • Hyphenation: chiè‧ri‧ca, (traditional) chié‧ri‧ca

Etymology 1

From Early Medieval Latin clērica, noun use of an ellipsis of Ecclesiastical Latin clērica tōnsiō (“clerical tonsure”).[2] Compare Sicilian chirca.

Noun

chierica f (plural chieriche)

  1. clerical tonsure
    Synonym: tonsura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

chierica f (plural chieriche)

  1. female equivalent of chierico: female cleric

References

  1. ^ chierica in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ chierica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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