gorgia

See also: Gorgia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gorge, from Middle French gorge, from Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, related to Latin gurges (“whirlpool”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔr.d͡ʒa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrdʒa
  • Hyphenation: gòr‧gia

Noun

gorgia f (plural gorge)

  1. (archaic, anatomy) throat
    Synonym: (not obsolete) gola
  2. (figurative) ravine, gorge
    Synonym: gola
  3. (linguistics, phonetics)
    1. the lenition of the stop consonants /p, t, k/ (especially the lattermost) found in several areas of Tuscany
    2. the pronunciation of the letter R as a uvular trill
      Synonym: erre moscia

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