pesce

See also: Pesce, pešče, and pésce

Corsican

Noun

pesce

  1. plural of pesciu

References

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin piscem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpeʃ.ʃe/
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  • Rhymes: -eʃʃe
  • Hyphenation: pé‧sce

Noun

pesce m (plural pesci, diminutive pescétto or (more common) pesciolìno or (uncommon) pesciatèllo, augmentative (slightly augmentative) pesciòtto; pescióne, pejorative pesciàccio, derogatory (uncommon) pesciùccio, diminutive-derogatory (literary) pesciàtto or pesciàttolo)

  1. fish
  2. (vulgar, slang) penis

See also

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin piscem.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈpeːʃə], (plural) [ˈpiʃ]
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈpɛʃə], (plural) [ˈpɛʃ]

Noun

pesce m (plural pisce)

  1. fish

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 526: “il pesce; i pesci” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “pesce”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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