eccidio
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Latin excidium (“demolition, destruction”), from exscindō (“to annihilate, extirpate”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eccidio m (plural eccidi)
- massacre, mass murder, slaughter, carnage
- Synonyms: carneficina, (literary, rare) esizio, falcidia, massacro, strage
Further reading
[edit]- eccidio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
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- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/idjo
- Rhymes:Italian/idjo/3 syllables
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- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
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