Italian

edit

Etymology

edit

Borrowed from French coucher (to lay down, to put to bed), from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre (to place, put, assemble).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /kutˈt͡ʃa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cuc‧cià‧re

Verb

edit

cucciàre (first-person singular present cùccio, first-person singular past historic cucciài, past participle cucciàto, auxiliary èssere) (rare)

  1. (intransitive) to lie down (of a dog)
    Synonym: accucciarsi

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

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

Anagrams

edit