pacchiano

Italian

Etymology 1

Southern Italian, further origin unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pakˈkja.no/
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: pac‧chià‧no

Adjective

pacchiano (feminine pacchiana, masculine plural pacchiani, feminine plural pacchiane)

  1. garish, tacky
    Synonym: kitsch
    un vestito pacchiano ― a garish dress
Derived terms

Noun

pacchiano m (plural pacchiani, feminine pacchiana) (southern Italy)

  1. peasant
  2. (by extension) a low, vulgar person; a commoner; a nobody

Further reading

  • pacchiano in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpak.kja.no/
  • Rhymes: -akkjano
  • Hyphenation: pàc‧chia‧no

Verb

pacchiano

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pacchiare
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