piaggia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjad.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -addʒa
• Hyphenation: piàg‧gia

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin plagia, from Latin plaga, whence also Portuguese praia, French plage, Spanish playa, Romanian plai.

Noun

piaggia f (plural piagge) (archaic)

1. stretch of sloping terrain, slope
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 28–30; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Poi ch’èi posato un poco il corpo lasso,
     ripresi via per la piaggia diserta,
     sì che ’l piè fermo sempre era ’l più basso.

     After I had rested my weary body a little, I resumed the way on the desert slope, such that the lower foot was always the firm one.

2. stretch of flat terrain interrupting a slope
3. Alternative form of spiaggia

Derived terms

• piaggiare
• spiaggia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

piaggia

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

Further reading

• piaggia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana