zucchero

See also: zuccherò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zuk.ke.ro/

  • Audio (lo zucchero):

    (file)

• IPA^(key): (traditional) ^*/ˈt͡suk.ke.ro/
• Rhymes: -ukkero
• Hyphenation: zùc‧che‧ro

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH

Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH

Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā)

Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor.

Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor.

Italian zucchero

Borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

Alternative forms

• zuccaro

Noun

zucchero m (plural zuccheri)

1. sugar (all senses)

Derived terms

• zuccheraggio
• zuccherare
• zuccheriero
• zuccherifero
• zuccherificio
• zuccherino
• zucchero filato
• zuccheroso

Related terms

• saccarifero

Descendants

• → Old French: çucre (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle High German: zucker (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• zucchero in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• zucchero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zucchero

1. first-person singular present indicative of zuccherare