roccia
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French roche, from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, possibly Celtic. Compare also rocca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔt.t͡ʃa/, [ˈr̺ɔtt͡ʃä]
- Rhymes: -ɔttʃa
- Stress: ròccia
- Hyphenation: roc‧cia
Noun
roccia f (plural rocce)
- rock, crag
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto VII, p. 106, vv. 5-6:
- «[...] 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».
- «[...] poder ch'elli abbia, ¶ non ci torrà lo scender questa roccia».
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto VII, p. 106, vv. 5-6:
- rock climbing
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