chiazza

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkjat.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -attsa
  • Hyphenation: chiàz‧za

Etymology 1

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Noun

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chiazza f (plural chiazze)

  1. spot, stain
  2. (oil) slick

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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chiazza

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

Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin platea.

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈcatt͡sə]

Noun

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chiazza f (plural chiazze)

  1. square (an open space between buildings in a city)

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 819: “traversare il piazza a sghembo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “chiazza”, in Schedario Napoletano