pinzeḍḍu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Catalan pinzell or from Old French pincel, ultimately from Latin pēnicillum (“paintbrush”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pin.ˈt͡sɛɖ.ɖu/ (Standard)
  • Hyphenation: pin‧zè‧ḍḍu

Noun

pinzeḍḍu m (plural pinzeḍḍi or pinzeḍḍa)

  1. paintbrush

Derived terms
  • pinziḍḍari
  • pinziḍḍata

See also

Further reading
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “pinzeddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3087
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