ghiaccio
See also: ghiacciò
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unsuffixed past participle of ghiacciare.
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
ghiaccio (feminine ghiaccia, masculine plural ghiacci, feminine plural ghiacce) (uncommon)
Further reading edit
- ghiaccio1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *glacium/a, from Latin glaciēs. Doublet of ghiaccia.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
ghiaccio m (plural ghiacci)
- (uncountable) ice (water in solid form)
- (in the plural) used to indicate a very cold place
- tra i ghiacci della Siberia ― in the icy land of Siberia (literally, “among the ices of Siberia”)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Sicilian: ghiacciu
Further reading edit
- ghiaccio2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
ghiaccio