Beccaria

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombard beccaria or Piedmontese becarìa, bëccarìa (“butchershop”). Cognate with English butchery, French boucherie, and Sicilian vuccirìa, among others. Doublet of beccheria and Vucciria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bek.kaˈri.a/
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: Bec‧ca‧rì‧a

Proper noun

Beccaria m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Lombard or Piedmontese
  2. (masculine only) Cesare Beccaria, 18th-century Italian criminologist and philosopher

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