gracchia

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrak.kja/
  • Rhymes: -akkja
  • Hyphenation: gràc‧chia

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin root *gracla, syncopated form of Late Latin grācula, feminine form of Classical Latin grāculus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (croak). Doublet of grola.

Noun

gracchia f (plural gracchie) (archaic)

  1. (literary) Alternative form of gracchio (jackdaw)
  2. (figurative) chatterbox, windbag
    Synonyms: chiacchierone, ciarlone

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gracchia

  1. inflection of gracchiare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative