quercia
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin quercea, nominalized feminine form of the adjective querceus (“oaken, of oak”), derived from quercus (“oak”).
Pronunciation
Noun
quercia f (plural querce)
- oak (tree of the genus Quercus)
- (uncountable) the wood of such a tree
- (figurative) a strong or resilient person
Hyponyms
Hyponyms of quercia
- cerro (Quercus cerris)
- farnetto (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- farnia (Quercus robur)
- fragno (Quercus trojana)
- leccio (Quercus ilex)
- quercia spinosa (Quercus coccifera)
- rovere (Quercus petraea)
- roverella (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- sughera (Quercus suber)
- vallonea (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- quercia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it