chiavica
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *clavĭca, from Late Latin clavăca, clovăca, for Latin cloāca. Doublet of cloaca, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chiavica f (plural chiaviche, diminutive chiavichétta or chiavichìna, augmentative chiavicóne m, pejorative chiavicàccia)
- sewer
- sluice gate
- (figurative) pigsty, pigpen, a filthy and untidy place
- (figurative, derogatory, southern Italy) ugly person
Further reading
[edit]- chiavica in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- chiavica in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- chiavica in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- chiàvica in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- chiàvica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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