doccia
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdot.t͡ʃa/
- Rhymes: -ottʃa
- Hyphenation: dóc‧cia
Etymology 1
Probably a back-formation of doccione (“conduit, spout”), from Latin ductiōnem, from ducere, infinitive of dūcō (“lead, guide; draw, pull”), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin root *ducea, ultimately from the same root.
Noun
doccia f (plural docce)
- shower
- Sei nella doccia? ― Are you in the shower?
- drainpipe
- (surgery) plaster cast
Related terms
- addocciare
- doccetta
- docciare
- docciaschiuma m
- docciatura
- doccione
Descendants
- → French: douche f (see for further descendants)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
doccia
- inflection of docciare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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