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Corsican
Noun
pesce
- plural of pesciu
References
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin piscem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.
Pronunciation
Noun
pesce m (plural pesci, diminutive pescétto or (more common) pesciolìno or (uncommon) pesciatèllo, augmentative (slightly augmentative) pesciòtto; pescióne, pejorative pesciàccio, derogatory (uncommon) pesciùccio, diminutive-derogatory (literary) pesciàtto or pesciàttolo)
- fish
- (vulgar, slang) penis
See also
Neapolitan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin piscem.
Pronunciation
- (Naples) IPA(key): , (plural)
- (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): , (plural)
Noun
pesce m (plural pisce)
- fish
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 526: “il pesce; i pesci” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “pesce”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano