giàsso

Ligurian

Alternative forms

• giàssa
• iaza (Old Genoese)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *glacium/a from Latin glaciēs. Compare Italian ghiaccio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaso/

Noun

giàsso f (invariable)

1. ice

Derived terms

• giasâ
• giasêa

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 381: “il ghiaccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it