suocera

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin socera, variant of socrus. Compare Sicilian soggira.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈswɔ.t͡ʃe.ra/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔtʃera
  • Hyphenation: suò‧ce‧ra

Noun

suocera f (plural suocere, masculine suocero)

  1. mother-in-law
  2. nagging woman

References
  1. AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 32: “la suocera” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

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