chiacchierare
Italian
Etymology
In part onomatopoeic, but cannot be separated from Old French claquer (“clap, clack, clatter”), which is ultimately from Proto-Germanic *klakōną (“to clap, chirp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glag- (“to make a noise, clatter, chirp”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
chiacchieràre (first-person singular present chiàcchiero, first-person singular past historic chiacchierài, past participle chiacchieràto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
Conjugation
Conjugation of chiacchieràre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
Related terms
References
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “chiacchierare”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati