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Italian
Etymology 1
Southern Italian, further origin unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pakˈkja.no/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: pac‧chià‧no
Adjective
pacchiano (feminine pacchiana, masculine plural pacchiani, feminine plural pacchiane)
- garish, tacky
- Synonym: kitsch
- un vestito pacchiano ― a garish dress
Derived terms
Noun
pacchiano m (plural pacchiani, feminine pacchiana) (southern Italy)
- peasant
- (by extension) a low, vulgar person; a commoner; a nobody
Further reading
- pacchiano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
pacchiano
- first-person singular present indicative of pacchiare