Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /diʃˈʃe.za/, (traditional) /diʃˈʃe.sa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eza, (traditional) -esa
  • Hyphenation: di‧scé‧sa

Etymology 1 edit

Deverbal, formed with the feminine past participle of discendere (to go down, descend). Cognate with Piedmontese dissèisa. Displaced Latin dēscēnsus.

Noun edit

discesa f (plural discese)

  1. descent, slope
    Synonym: pendio
    Antonym: salita
  2. fall, drop
    Synonyms: calo, caduta, abbassamento
  3. downhill (sky)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle edit

discesa f sg

  1. feminine singular of disceso

References edit

  1. ^ discesa in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams edit