Feminine
pecchia
Meaning
- (feminine, literary, regional) bee
- (feminine, slang, vulgar) the vulva
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
μέλισσα
abeille
abeja
abella
abelha
hing
apis
bij
abelhaHyphenated as
péc‧chia
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpek.kja/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin apicula, diminutive of apis (“bee”), whence the Italian ape. Loss of initial /a/ probably via resegmentation, e.g. *l'apecchia > la pecchia (“the bee”).
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