anziché

See also: anziche and anzichè

Italian

Etymology

Univerbation of anzi +‎ che.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.t͡siˈke/*[2]
    • Rhymes: -e
    • Hyphenation: an‧zi‧ché
  • IPA(key): /ˌan.t͡si.ke/*[2]

Conjunction

anziché

  1. rather than
  2. instead of

References

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951; headword anzi
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 anziché in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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