chicchessia

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chi (who(ever)) +‎ che (that) +‎ sia (it is, 3rd person singular present subjunctive of essere (to be))

Cognate with Piedmontese chissëssìa.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kik.kesˈsi.a/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: chic‧ches‧sì‧a

Pronoun[edit]

chicchessia (invariable)

  1. anyone, anybody; whoever, whomsoever
  2. (in a negative context) nobody, no one

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References[edit]

  1. ^ chicchessia in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication