venticello
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From vento (“wind”) + -icello (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
venticello m (plural venticelli)
- breeze
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- Nei frastagli del filare di confine i rami degli olmi ondeggiavano quasi impercettibilmente al venticello; le foglie si muovevano appena in dense masse che ricordavano i capelli delle donne.
- In the ragged hedge on the opposite side the boughs of the elm trees swayed just perceptibly in the breeze, and their leaves stirred faintly in dense masses like women’s hair.
- (literally, “In the jagged lining of the border the elm branches fluttered almost imperceptibly in the breeze; the leaves barely moved in dense masses that resembled women's hair.”)