vacca

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvakːa/

Etymology 1

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂. Cognates include Italian vacca and Spanish vaca.

Noun

vacca f (masculine toru, plural vacche)

1. cow (female cattle)

Etymology 2

Una vacca (2.1)

Una vacca (2.2)

Una vacca (2.3)

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Noun

vacca f (plural vacche)

1. red-black triplefin (Tripterygion tripteronotus)
2. cline (Cristiceps argentatus)
3. peacock blenny (Salaria pavo)

References

• “vacca” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dalmatian

Noun

vacca f

1. Alternative form of vaca

Interlingua

Noun

vacca (plural vaccas)

1. cow

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvak.ka/

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• Rhymes: -akka
• Hyphenation: vàc‧ca

Noun

vacca f (plural vacche, diminutive vaccarèlla or vaccherèlla or vacchétta or (rare) vacchìna or (rare) vacchicìna, augmentative (also with figurative derogatory meaning) vaccóna f or vaccóne m, pejorative vaccàccia (uncommon, often used figuratively as an insult), derogatory (rare) vaccùccia)

1. cow

   Synonym: mucca

2. (vulgar, slang, figurative, derogatory) whore, slut

Usage notes

• Because of the use as a derogatory term the synonym mucca (“milk-cow”) is sometimes preferred, even when not specifically referring to milk production.

Derived terms

Related terms

• vaccino

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Wagge

See also

• bue
• toro
• vitello

Further reading

• vacca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wokā, from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ak.ka/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvak.ka/,

Noun

vacca f (genitive vaccae); first declension

1. cow (female cattle)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Antonyms

• taurus

Hypernyms

• bōs

Derived terms

• vaccifōrmis
• vaccīnus
• vaccula

Descendants

References

• “vacca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vacca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vacca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vacca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vacca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vacca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

vacca n

1. excrement

Declension

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vacca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead >

Romansch

Alternative forms

• vatga (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• vacha (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Noun

vacca f (plural vaccas)

1. (Sursilvan) cow

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• bacca

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbakka/, /ˈvakka/ (in certain Nuorese towns)

Noun

vacca

1. cow

Synonyms

• bàca

Related terms

• vacchinu

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Noun

vacca f

1. cow