rogna

French

Verb

rogna

  1. third-person singular past historic of rogner

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Italian

Etymology

Possibly from Latin arānea (originally spider's web, later coming to refer to skin diseases such as herpes, scabies, impetigo, etc.) crossed with rodere (to gnaw)[1] into a Vulgar Latin form *aronea or *ronea. Compare French rogne, Spanish roña, Portuguese ronha, and compare also Romanian râie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈroɲ.ɲa/
  • Rhymes: -oɲɲa

Noun

rogna f (plural rogne)

  1. scabies
    Synonym: scabbia
  2. mange
  3. (figuratively, often in the plural) bother, trouble
    cercare rogneto look for trouble

Derived terms

Further reading

  • rogna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • rogna in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

References

  1. rógna in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

rogna m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of rogn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

rogna f or m

  1. definite singular of rogn (Etymology 1)
  2. definite feminine singular of rogn (Etymology 2)
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