vecchia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛk.kja/
• Rhymes: -ɛkkja
• Hyphenation: vèc‧chia

Adjective

vecchia

1. feminine singular of vecchio

Noun

vecchia f (plural vecchie, masculine vecchio, diminutive (mostly endearing) vecchìna or vecchiétta; vecchierèlla or (less common) vecchiarèlla, augmentative vecchióna, pejorative vecchiàccia)

1. an old woman

Derived terms

• vecchiaccia
• vecchierella
• vecchietta
• vecchiona

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vetula.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛccə], (adjective in sandhi) [-a]

Adjective

vecchia f sg

1. feminine singular of viecchio (“old”)

Noun

vecchia f (plural vecchie)

1. old woman
2. grandmother

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 55: “una vecchia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 80

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛkkja/, [ˈvɛːk̟.k̟ʲɑ̝]
• Hyphenation: vèc‧chia

Adjective

vecchia

1. feminine singular of vecchiu