vraccio

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvrat.t͡ʃo/
  • Rhymes: -attʃo
  • Hyphenation: vràc‧cio

Noun

vraccio m (plural vraccia) (regional)

  1. alternative form of braccio (arm)

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 144: “il braccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • braccio (1)”, in TLIO – Tesoro della lingua italiana delle origini

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

  • vrazzo

Etymology

Inherited from Latin bracchium. Compare Italian braccio.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈvratt͡ʃ(ə)]
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈvratt͡s]

Noun

vraccio m (plural vracce or vraccia)

  1. arm

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 144: “il braccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 146