nacchera
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin nacchara, perhaps from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
nacchera f (plural nacchere, diminutive naccherino)
- (historical) a percussive musical instrument similar to a drum
- Synonym: nacchero
- (music, in the plural) castanet
- fan shell (Pinna nobilis)
- (obsolete) mother-of-pearl, nacre
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Nacchere on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
- nacchera in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
nacchera
- inflection of naccherare: