cicatrici
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cicatrici f
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ki.kaːˈtriː.kiː/, [kɪkäːˈt̪riːkiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.kaˈtri.t͡ʃi/, [t͡ʃikäˈt̪riːt͡ʃi]
Noun edit
cicātrīcī
Sicilian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cicātrīx, cicātrīcis (“scar”). Compare Italian cicatrice.
Noun edit
cicatrici f (plural cicatrici)
- scar (literally and figuratively)
- c. 1786, Giovanni Meli, chapter VI, in Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza, stanza 60:
- Poi dissi: ancora di stu focu ardenti ¶ Li cicatrici lu miu cori porta […].
- Then he said: my heart still bears the scars of this burning fire.
Descendants edit
- → Maltese: ċikatriċi