Italian edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Frankish *walkōn, from Proto-Germanic *walkōną.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡwalˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: gual‧cà‧re

Verb edit

gualcàre (first-person singular present guàlco, first-person singular past historic gualcài, past participle gualcàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, textiles) to full (cloth), to waulk

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Further reading edit

  • gualcare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana