nebbia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nebula, through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *nebla. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (cloud). Compare Sicilian negghia, Venetian nebia, Spanish niebla, Romanian negură and Aromanian nigurã.Doublet of nebula, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnebbja]

Noun

nebbia f (plural nebbie)

  1. fog, mist

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