carroccio

Italian
FWOTD – 18 February 2016

Etymology

carro (“carriage, charriot”) +‎ -occio

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /karˈrɔt.tʃo/, [käˈr̺ːɔt͡ːʃo]
  • Hyphenation: car‧ròc‧cio

Noun

carroccio m (plural carrocci)

  1. (historical) A large war chariot drawn by oxen.
    • 1831, Nicolò Bettoni et al., Biblioteca enciclopedica italiana, volume 15, page 430:
      Erano i carrocci certi carri di quattro ruote, la parte superiore de’ quali era piana e spaziosa, contenente gli stendardi del Comune, i trombetti, ed una campana, […]
      The carrocci were certain four-wheeled carts, the upper part of which was flat and spacious, containing the standards of the commune, and trumpets, and a bell, […]
  2. (politics, in the singular, capitalized) Synonym of Lega (symbol of the rightist Italian political party, formerly Lega Nord)
    • 2019 May 27, “Elezioni europee 2019, tutti i risultati: Lega primo partito, il Pd supera i 5 Stelle”, in Corriere della Sera‎:
      Netta vittoria della Lega di Matteo Salvini alle Elezioni europee. Il Carroccio supera il 30 per cento ed è il primo partito in Italia: […]
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