vacca
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Corsican[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂. Cognates include Italian vacca and Spanish vaca.
Noun[edit]
vacca f (masculine toru, plural vacche)
- cow (female cattle)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
vacca f (plural vacche)
- red-black triplefin (Tripterygion tripteronotus)
- cline (Cristiceps argentatus)
- peacock blenny (Salaria pavo)
References[edit]
- “vacca” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Dalmatian[edit]
Noun[edit]
vacca f
- Alternative form of vaca
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
vacca (plural vaccas)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vacca f (plural vacche)
- cow
- Synonym: mucca
- (slang, figuratively, derogatory) whore, slut
Usage notes[edit]
Because of the use as a derogatory term the synonym mucca (“milk-cow”) is sometimes preferred, even when not specifically referring to milk production.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Alemannic German: Wagge
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- vacca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *wokā, from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ak.ka/, [ˈu̯äkːä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvak.ka/, [ˈväkːä]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun[edit]
vacca f (genitive vaccae); first declension
- cow (female cattle)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vacca | vaccae |
Genitive | vaccae | vaccārum |
Dative | vaccae | vaccīs |
Accusative | vaccam | vaccās |
Ablative | vaccā | vaccīs |
Vocative | vacca | vaccae |
Antonyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Corsican: vacca
- Dalmatian: vaca, baka, vacca, baca, bacca
- Eastern Romance:
- Italian: vacca
- → Alemannic German: Wagge
- Northern Italo-Romance:
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: baca
- Old French: vache
- Old Leonese:
- Old Occitan:
- Old Portuguese: vaca
- Old Spanish:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Sardinian: bacca, bàca
- Sicilian: vacca
- Tarantino: vacca
- Venetian: vaca
- → English: vacci-
References[edit]
- “vacca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vacca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vacca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- vacca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “vacca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “vacca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Noun[edit]
vacca n
Declension[edit]
Declension table of "vacca" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | vaccaṃ | vaccāni |
Accusative (second) | vaccaṃ | vaccāni |
Instrumental (third) | vaccena | vaccehi or vaccebhi |
Dative (fourth) | vaccassa or vaccāya or vaccatthaṃ | vaccānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | vaccasmā or vaccamhā or vaccā | vaccehi or vaccebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | vaccassa | vaccānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | vaccasmiṃ or vaccamhi or vacce | vaccesu |
Vocative (calling) | vacca | vaccāni |
References[edit]
Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “vacca”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead >
Romansch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
vacca f (plural vaccas)
Sardinian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vacca
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Sicilian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
vacca f
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- co:Cattle
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- co:Blennies
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- it:Cattle
- it:Female animals
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- rm:Cattle
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- scn:Cattle
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