quercia

See also: Quercia

Italian

Foglie e ghiande di quercia

Alternative forms

• querce (Tuscany)

Etymology

From Latin quercea, nominalized feminine form of the adjective querceus (“oaken, of oak”), derived from quercus (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛr.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -ɛrtʃa
• Hyphenation: quèr‧cia

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Noun

quercia f (plural querce)

1. oak (tree of the genus Quercus)
2. (uncountable) the wood of such a tree
3. (figurative) a strong or resilient person

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of quercia

• cerro (Quercus cerris)
• farnetto (Quercus frainetto)
• farnia (Quercus robur)
• fragno (Quercus trojana)
• leccio (Quercus ilex)
• quercia spinosa (Quercus coccifera)
• rovere (Quercus petraea)
• roverella (Quercus pubescens)
• sughera (Quercus suber)
• vallonea (Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, syn. Quercus macrolepis)

 

Derived terms

• querceta
• querciola
• querciolo
• quercioso
• quercite

 

Related terms

• quercetina
• querceto
• quercino
• quercitolo
• quercitrone

 

Further reading

• quercia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it