fauci

• fauce sg

Borrowed from Latin faucēs (“mouth; opening”). Doublet of foce.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.t͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -awtʃi
• Hyphenation: fàu‧ci

fauci f pl (plural only)

1. the upper part of the throat; (anatomy) fauces

   Near-synonym: gola

2. mouth (especially of a wild beast)

   Synonym: bocca

3. mouth, opening, entrance (of a volcano, etc.)
4. (botany) See fauce sg.

• fàuci in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

faucī

1. dative singular of faux

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaw.ʃi/, [ˈfaw.ʃɪ]
• Hyphenation: fàu‧ci

Inherited from Latin falx, falcem. Compare Italian falce and French faux.

fauci f (plural fauci)

1. (agriculture) sickle, scythe

• Sicilian: Fauci, La Fauci
  • English: Fauci
  • Italian: Fauci

Akin to Italian fauci. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

fauci f (plural only)

1. (anatomy) jaws (of an animal), mouth (of a human)
2. (figuratively) opening, entrance (of a cave, volcano, etc.)

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “fauci”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1577
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “fauci”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 113