veglia

See also: Veglia

Italian

Etymology 1

From vegliare; cf. Latin vigila, French veille, Piedmontese vijà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveʎ.ʎa/
• Rhymes: -eʎʎa
• Hyphenation: vé‧glia

Noun

veglia f (plural veglie)

1. vigil, watch
2. all-night party or other gathering
3. wake (feast after a person's death)
4. wake (period after a person's death before the body is buried)

Related terms

• vegliare
• veglione

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveʎ.ʎa/
• Rhymes: -eʎʎa
• Hyphenation: vé‧glia

Verb

veglia

1. inflection of vegliare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveʎ.ʎa/, (traditional) /ˈvɛʎ.ʎa/
• Rhymes: -eʎʎa, (traditional) -ɛʎʎa
• Hyphenation: vé‧glia, (traditional) vè‧glia

Adjective

veglia (obsolete, poetic)

1. feminine singular of veglio

Noun

veglia f (plural veglie) (obsolete, poetic)

1. female equivalent of veglio: old woman

Anagrams

• gelavi, legavi, leviga, valige