canaglia

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *canālia, from canis, corresponding to cane +‎ -aglia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaʎ.ʎa/
• Rhymes: -aʎʎa
• Hyphenation: ca‧nà‧glia

Noun

canaglia f (plural canaglie)

1. scoundrel, rogue

   Synonyms: furfante, carogna, birbante (chiefly endearing)

2. (collective) canaille

Descendants

• → Catalan: canalla
• → Finnish: kanalja
• → Galician: canalla, canalha
• → Middle French: canaille
  • French: canaille (see there for further descendants)
• → Polish: kanalia
• → Portuguese: canalha
• → Romanian: canalie
• → Russian: кана́лья (kanálʹja)
• → Spanish: canalla

Further reading

• canaglia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana