gondoliere
See also: gondolière and Gondoliere
English
Etymology
Directly from Italian gondoliere.
Noun
gondoliere (plural gondolieres)
- Alternative form of gondolier.
- 1826 [1824 May], “The Astrologer’s Prediction; or, The Maniac’s Fate!”, in Legends of Terror! and Tales of the Wonderful and Wild. Original and Select, in Prose and Verse., London: […] T. Richardson, […] Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, […]; and Hunter, Edinburgh, page 41, column 1:
- A thousand lamps, from the illuminated squares of the city, reflected their burnished hues along the wave, and the mellow chaunt of the gondolieres kept time to the gentle plashing of their oars.
- 1956, Cue, page 52:
- Try the risi-bisi, a thick soup and traditional in Venice as the gondolieres.
- 2007, Antonia Riley, chapter 2, in The Sweetness of Bitter Water, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 33:
- The scene was oddly reminiscent of a bunch of Venetian gondolieres gone berserk with their oars, but the effort paid off.
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡon.doˈljɛ.re/
- Rhymes: -ɛre
- Hyphenation: gon‧do‧liè‧re
Noun
gondoliere m (plural gondolieri, feminine gondoliera)
- gondolier (Venetian boatman)
Descendants
- → English: gondoliere
Further reading
- gondoliere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana