libeccio

English

Alternative forms

• libecchio

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian libeccio.

Noun

libeccio (plural libecci or libeccios)

1. A southwest wind.

Translations

southwest wind

• Catalan: llebeig (ca) m
• Dutch: zuidwester (nl)
• Greek: λίβας (el) m (lívas)
• Italian: libeccio (it) m, garbino (it) m
• Spanish: lebeche m
• Venetan: garbin m

Further reading

• libeccio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “libeccio” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

French

Noun

libeccio m (plural libeccios)

1. synonym of labech

Further reading

• “libeccio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

From a corresponding dialectal wind-name, Arabic رِيح لَبَاج / لَبَاش (rīḥ labāj / labāš), from Ancient Greek λίψ (líps).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbet.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -ettʃo
• Hyphenation: li‧béc‧cio

Noun

libeccio m (plural libecci)

1. southwest wind

Descendants

• → Catalan: llebeig

Further reading

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