agghiaccio

See also: agghiacciò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡˈɡjat.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -attʃo
• Hyphenation: ag‧ghiàc‧cio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek οἰάκιον (oiákion), diminutive of Ancient Greek οἴαξ (oíax, “helm, tiller”).

Alternative forms

• aggiaccio

Noun

agghiaccio m (plural agghiacci)

1. (nautical) helm

Etymology 2

Noun

agghiaccio m (plural agghiacci)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of addiaccio (“night pasture (for sheep); bivouac; hideout for a hare”)

Etymology 3

Verb

agghiaccio

1. first-person singular present indicative of agghiacciare