pacchiano

Italian

Etymology 1

Southern Italian, further origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pakˈkja.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: pac‧chià‧no

Adjective

pacchiano (feminine pacchiana, masculine plural pacchiani, feminine plural pacchiane)

1. garish, tacky

   Synonym: kitsch

   un vestito pacchiano ― a garish dress

Derived terms

• pacchianamente

Noun

pacchiano m (plural pacchiani, feminine pacchiana) (southern Italy)

1. peasant
2. (by extension) a low, vulgar person; a commoner; a nobody

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpak.kja.no/
• Rhymes: -akkjano
• Hyphenation: pàc‧chia‧no

Verb

pacchiano

1. first-person singular present indicative of pacchiare