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Italian
Etymology
From Late Latin manuāria (secūris), from Latin manuārius (“of or pertaining to the hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈna.ja/
- Rhymes: -aja
- Hyphenation: man‧nà‧ia
Noun
mannaia f (plural mannaie)
- axe
- Synonyms: ascia, scure
- cleaver
- guillotine blade
- (figurative, by extension) looming danger hanging over one's head
- (metonymically, by extension) tyrannical or bloody political regime
Descendants
Further reading
- mannaia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana