cicerchia

Italian

cicerchie

Etymology

From Latin cicercula, diminutive of cicer (“chickpea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃer.kja/, /t͡ʃiˈt͡ʃɛr.kja/
• Rhymes: -erkja, -ɛrkja
• Hyphenation: ci‧cér‧chia, ci‧cèr‧chia

Noun

cicerchia f (plural cicerchie)

1. chickling vetch (plant with edible seeds similar to peas)

Further reading

• cicerchia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• cicerchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• ciaccheri, ciccherai