pezza

Italian

Etymology

From a Late Vulgar Latin *pettia, *pettium, from Transalpine Gaulish or Celtic. Compare French pièce, Catalan and Portuguese peça, Spanish pieza, Romanian pâță, Slovene peča.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛt.tsa/, [ˈpɛtt͡sä]
• Hyphenation: pèz‧za

Noun

pezza f (plural pezze)

1. bolt (of cloth)
2. patch (of fabric)
3. rag
4. (heraldry) ordinary

   le pezze onorevoli ― the honourable ordinaries

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bambola di pezza (“rag doll”)
• da lunga pezza (“for a long while”)
• mettere una pezza (“to patch up, to fix”)

• pezza da piedi (“doormat”, figuratively)
• pezza d'appoggio (“voucher”)
• rappezzare (“to patch”)

Derived terms

• pezzo

Anagrams

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