biacca

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Lombardic blaih, bleih (“pale, white”), from Proto-Germanic *blaikaz. Compare German bleich (“pale, pallid”) and English bleach.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈbjak.ka/
Rhymes: -akka
Hyphenation: biàc‧ca

Noun edit

biacca f (plural biacche)

(usually uncountable, art) white lead, ceruse
lumeggiato a biacca ― shaded in white lead

Further reading edit

biacca on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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