cicatrici
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.kaˈtri.t͡ʃi/
- Rhymes: -itʃi
- Hyphenation: ci‧ca‧trì‧ci
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ki.kaːˈtriː.kiː/, [kɪkäːˈt̪riːkiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃi.kaˈtri.t͡ʃi/, [t͡ʃikäˈt̪riːt͡ʃi]
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin cicātrīx, cicātrīcis (“scar”). Compare Italian cicatrice.
Noun
cicatrici f (plural cicatrici)
- scar (literally and figuratively)
- c. 1786, Giovanni Meli, chapter VI, in Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza, stanza 60:
- Poi dissi: ancora di stu focu ardenti ¶ Li cicatrici lu miu cori porta […].
- Then he said: my heart still bears the scars of this burning fire.
Descendants
- → Maltese: ċikatriċi
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