doccia
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably a back-formation of doccione (“conduit, spout”), from Latin ductiōnem, from ducere, infinitive of dūcō (“lead, guide; draw, pull”), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin root *ducea, ultimately from the same root.
Noun edit
doccia f (plural docce)
- shower
- Sei nella doccia? ― Are you in the shower?
- drainpipe
- (surgery) plaster cast
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → French: douche f (see for further descendants)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
doccia
- inflection of docciare: