roccia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French roche, from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin. Doublet of rocca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔt.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔttʃa
  • Hyphenation: ròc‧cia

Noun

roccia f (plural rocce)

  1. rock, crag
    • mid 1300s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VII”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 5–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      « […] poder ch'elli abbia, ¶ non ci torrà lo scender questa roccia».
      « […] any power that he may have ¶ shall not prevent thy going down this crag».
  2. rock climbing

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