rizza

See also: Rizza

Italian

Verb

rizza

1. inflection of rizzare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Razzi, razzi

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian rizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪt.t͡sa/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪtt͡sa

Noun

rizza f (plural rizzi)

1. sea urchin

   Synonym: qanfud il-baħar

Related terms

• rizzun (“violet sea urchin”)
• rrizza (“to bristle, feel stiff”)

Romansh

Etymology

Feminized from Latin ericius.

Noun

rizza f (plural rizzas)

1. (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) erizun
• (Sutsilvan) erizùn
• (Surmiran) erizung
• (Vallader) püerch spinus

Sicilian

Etymology 1

Doublet of rizzu.

Noun

rizza f (plural rizzi)

1. sea urchin

   Synonym: rizzu

2. husk (of a chestnut)

   Synonym: rizzu

Descendants

• → Maltese: rizza
• → Tunisian Arabic: ريتزي (rītzi, “sea urchin, Echinus”)

Etymology 2

From Latin rētia, from rēte (“net”). Cognate with Italian rezza.

Noun

rizza f (plural rizzi)

1. fishing net

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

rizza

1. feminine singular of rizzu

Further reading

• Traina, Antonino (1868), “rizza”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3496