fiaccola
Italian
editEtymology
editDiminutive of an unattested Old Italian *fiacca, from an older *facchia (with metathesis of /j/), from Latin facula, itself a diminutive of Latin fax (“torch”). Effectively a doublet of facola, which was borrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfiaccola f (plural fiaccole)
- torch (flaming sort)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- fiaccola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana