nebbia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nebula, through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *nebla. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Compare Sicilian negghia, Venetan nebia, Spanish niebla, Romanian negură and Aromanian negurã. Doublet of nebula, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneb.bja/
  • Rhymes: -ebbja
  • Hyphenation: néb‧bia

Noun

nebbia f (plural nebbie)

  1. fog
    Synonym: foschia

Derived terms

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