ghiaccia
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *glacium/a, from Latin glaciēs. Doublet of ghiaccio and glassa.
Noun edit
ghiaccia f (plural ghiacce)
- (archaic) ice
- Synonym: ghiaccio
- mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXIV”, in Inferno [Hell][1], lines 28–31; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][2], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- Lo ’mperador del doloroso regno
da mezzo ’l petto uscia fuor de la ghiaccia;
e più con un gigante io mi convegno,
che i giganti non fan con le sue braccia- The Emperor of the dolorous kingdom was coming out of the ice starting from his mid-breast; and I compare myself to a giant more than a giant does with his arms
- (uncommon) ice cap
- (rare, foods) icing, frosting
- Synonym: glassa
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
ghiaccia
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
ghiaccia
- inflection of ghiacciare:
References edit
- ghiaccia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana