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Italian
Etymology 1
From vegliare; cf. Latin vigila, French veille, Piedmontese vijà.
Pronunciation
Noun
veglia f (plural veglie)
- vigil, watch
- all-night party or other gathering
- wake (feast after a person's death)
- wake (period after a person's death before the body is buried)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
veglia
- inflection of vegliare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈveʎ.ʎa/, (traditional) /ˈvɛʎ.ʎa/[1]
- Rhymes: -eʎʎa, (traditional) -ɛʎʎa
- Hyphenation: vé‧glia, (traditional) vè‧glia
Adjective
veglia (obsolete, poetic)
- feminine singular of veglio
Noun
veglia f (plural veglie) (obsolete, poetic)
- female equivalent of veglio: old woman
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