fauci

See also: Fauci

Italian

Alternative forms

• fauce sg

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin faucēs (“mouth; opening”). Doublet of foce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.t͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -awtʃi
• Hyphenation: fàu‧ci

Noun

fauci f pl (plural only)

1. the upper part of the throat; (anatomy) fauces

   Near-synonym: gola

2. mouth (especially of a wild beast)

   Synonym: bocca

3. mouth, opening, entrance (of a volcano, etc.)
4. (botany) See fauce sg.

References

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

Latin

Noun

faucī

1. dative singular of faux

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.ʃi/, [ˈfaw.ʃɪ]
• Hyphenation: fàu‧ci

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin falx, falcem. Compare Italian falce and French faux.

Noun

fauci f (plural fauci)

1. (agriculture) sickle, scythe

Derived terms

• fauciari
• faucigghia
• faucigghiuni

 

Descendants

• Sicilian: Fauci, La Fauci
  • English: Fauci
  • Italian: Fauci

See also

• furcuni
• marruggiu
• marteḍḍu
• mazzolu
• rastreḍḍu
• rumazzu
• scarpeḍḍu

 

Etymology 2

Akin to Italian fauci. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fauci f (plural only)

1. (anatomy) jaws (of an animal), mouth (of a human)
2. (figuratively) opening, entrance (of a cave, volcano, etc.)

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “fauci”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1577
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “fauci”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 113