suocera

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Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin socera, variant of socrus. Compare Sicilian soggira.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈswɔ.t͡ʃe.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃera
  • Hyphenation: suò‧ce‧ra

Noun[edit]

suocera f (plural suocere, masculine suocero)

  1. mother-in-law
  2. nagging woman

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References[edit]

  1. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 32: “la suocera” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

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