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Italian
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin excidium (“demolition, destruction”), from exscindō (“to annihilate, extirpate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /etˈt͡ʃi.djo/
- Rhymes: -idjo
- Hyphenation: ec‧cì‧dio
Noun
eccidio m (plural eccidi)
- massacre, mass murder, slaughter, carnage
- Synonyms: carneficina, (literary, rare) esizio, falcidia, massacro, strage
Further reading
- eccidio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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