pezza

Italian

Etymology

From a Late Vulgar Latin *pettia, *pettium, from Transalpine Gaulish or Celtic. Compare French pièce, Catalan and Portuguese peça, Spanish pieza, Romanian pâță, Slovene peča.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛt.tsa/, [ˈpɛtt͡sä]
Hyphenation: pèz‧za

Noun

pezza f (plural pezze)

bolt (of cloth)
patch (of fabric)
rag
(heraldry) ordinary
le pezze onorevoli ― the honourable ordinaries

Derived terms

Derived terms

bambola di pezza (“rag doll”)
da lunga pezza (“for a long while”)
mettere una pezza (“to patch up, to fix”)

pezza da piedi (“doormat”, figuratively)
pezza d'appoggio (“voucher”)
rappezzare (“to patch”)

Derived terms

pezzo

Anagrams

pazze

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