vacca

See also: Vacca and vàcca

Dalmatian

Noun

vacca f

  1. Alternative form of vaca

Ingrian

Noun

vacca

  1. belly

Interlingua

Noun

vacca (plural vaccas)

  1. cow

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wokeha-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvak.ka/
  • Rhymes: -akka
  • Hyphenation: vàc‧ca
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Noun

vacca f (plural vacche)

  1. cow
    Synonym: mucca
  2. (slang, figuratively, derogatory) whore, slut

Usage notes

Because of the use as a derogatory term the synonym mucca (milk-cow) is sometimes preferred, even when not specifically referring to milk production.

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Wagge

See also


Latin

vacca (a cow)

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂.

Pronunciation

Noun

vacca f (genitive vaccae); first declension

  1. cow (female cattle)

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vacca vaccae
Genitive vaccae vaccārum
Dative vaccae vaccīs
Accusative vaccam vaccās
Ablative vaccā vaccīs
Vocative vacca vaccae

Antonyms

Hypernyms

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Descendants

References

  • vacca in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vacca in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vacca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • vacca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • vacca in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vacca in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

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Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) vatga
  • (Puter, Vallader) vacha

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wokeha-.

Noun

vacca f (plural vaccas)

  1. (Sursilvan) cow
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