chiacchiera

Italian

Alternative forms

• chiacchera (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkjak.kje.ra/
• Rhymes: -akkjera
• Hyphenation: chiàc‧chie‧ra

Etymology 1

Deverbal from chiacchierare (“to chat, talk”) +‎ -a.

Noun

chiacchiera f (plural chiacchiere)

1. (in the plural, sometimes derogatory) chat, gossip, talk
2. type of dessert in the form of fritters dusted with sugar, eaten during Carnival time; similar to angel wings

   Synonyms: (Piedmont) bugia, (Tuscany) cencio, (central Italy) frappa, crostolo, (Venice) galano, (Sardinia) meraviglia

Etymology 2

Verb

chiacchiera

1. inflection of chiacchierare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• chiacchiere on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it