Italian edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃotˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cioc‧cià‧re

Verb edit

ciocciàre (first-person singular present cióccio, first-person singular past historic ciocciài, past participle ciocciàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial, childish) to suck (of a baby) [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym of poppare

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • ciocciare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana