ched

Italian

Etymology

From Latin quid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke.d‿/

Preposition

ched

1. (archaic, literary, before vowels) Alternative form of che for euphony, especially before /e/ or /ɛ/; what, that
   • c. 1200, Cecco Angiolieri, “La mia malinconia è tanta e tale”, in Rime:

     Ma quest’è la risposta c’ho da lei: / ched ella non mi vol né mal né bene, / e ched i’ vad’a far li fatti mei

     But this is the answer that I have from her: that she neither likes or dislikes me, and that I should go about my own business

See also

• edè