nacchera

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnak.ke.ra/
  • Rhymes: -akkera
  • Hyphenation: nàc‧che‧ra

Etymology 1

From Late Latin nacchara, perhaps from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra).

Alternative forms
  • naccara, nacara, nachera, gnacchera, gnaccara (obsolete or vernacular)

Noun

nacchera f (plural nacchere, diminutive naccherino)

  1. (historical) a percussive musical instrument similar to a drum
    Synonym: nacchero
  2. (music, in the plural) castanet
  3. fan shell (Pinna nobilis)
  4. (obsolete) mother-of-pearl, nacre
Derived terms

Further reading
  • Nacchere on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
  • nacchera in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nacchera

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