lanzichenecco
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Landsknecht, from Lands (“of the land”) + Knecht (“servant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /lan.d͡zi.keˈnek.ko/, (traditional) /lan.t͡si.keˈnek.ko/[1]
- Rhymes: -ekko
- Hyphenation: lan‧zi‧che‧néc‧co
Noun
[edit]lanzichenecco m (plural lanzichenecchi)
- (historical) Landsknecht, lansquenet (German mercenary of the 15th or 16th century)
- (card games) lansquenet (gambling card game)
- Synonym: zecchinetta
References
[edit]- ^ lanzichenecco in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
[edit]
lanzichenecco on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it- lanzichenecco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- lanzichenecco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
