triegua

Italian

Etymology

From Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰 (triggwa), inflected form of 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐍃 (triggws, “true, faithful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triˈɛ.ɡwa/, /triˈe.ɡwa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɡwa, -eɡwa
• Hyphenation: tri‧è‧gua, tri‧é‧gua

Noun

triegua f (plural triegue)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of tregua
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XIV, p. 215 vv. 136-138:

     Come da lei l'udir nostro ebbe triegua, ¶ ed ecco l'altra con sì gran fracasso, ¶ che somigliò tonar che tosto segua; [...]»

     As soon as hearing had a truce from this, ¶ behold another, with so great a crash, ¶ that it resembled thunderings following fast; [...]

Anagrams

• arguite, giurate, guarite, teurgia, urgiate