pezzo

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Variant of pezza.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pezzo m (plural pezzi)

  1. piece, chunk
  2. hunk
  3. plot
  4. (music) track (song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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With a gender shift, from Latin picea, derived from pix (pitch, tar).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpet.t͡so/
  • Rhymes: -ettso
  • Hyphenation: péz‧zo

Noun

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pezzo m (plural pezzi)

  1. (archaic, northern Italy) Synonym of abete rosso (Norway spruce)

Further reading

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

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