zinna

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */ˈt͡sin.na/, */ˈd͡zin.na/[1]
  • Rhymes: -inna
  • Hyphenation: zìn‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lombardic zinna (“merlon, projection”), from Proto-West Germanic *tinnu (“projection”).

Noun

zinna f (plural zinne)

  1. (regional, usually in the plural, vulgar, slang) boob, tit
    Synonym: tetta

Etymology 2

Verb

zinna

  1. inflection of zinnare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ zinne in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tinnu, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *tindnō or alternatively from *tindijǭ; both suffixed derivatives of Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“peg, prong, peak”). Cognate with Old English tinn (“rafter, beam”).

Noun

zinna f

  1. pinnacle (the top of a wall)
  2. merlon

Descendants

  • Middle High German: zinne
  • → Italian: zinna
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