usanza
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From usare + -anza; cognate with Piedmontese usansa/üsansa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
usanza f (plural usanze)
- custom, tradition, (plural) ways
- Synonyms: tradizione, consuetudine
- habit, custom
- Synonyms: abitudine, consuetudine
- trend
- Synonym: moda
- (law) usance, custom
- Synonym: consuetudine
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: զանցա (zancʻa)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /uˈsanθa/ [uˈsãn̟.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /uˈsansa/ [uˈsãn.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -anθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansa
- Syllabification: u‧san‧za
Noun edit
usanza f (plural usanzas)
Derived terms edit
- a la vieja usanza (“good old-fashioned”) (adjective phrase)
Further reading edit
- “usanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014