pinzeḍḍu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• pinzeddu (eye dialect)

Etymology

From Catalan pinzell or from Old French pincel, ultimately from Latin pēnicillum (“paintbrush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pin.ˈt͡sɛɖ.ɖu/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: pin‧zè‧ḍḍu

Noun

pinzeḍḍu m (plural pinzeḍḍi or pinzeḍḍa)

1. paintbrush

Derived terms

• pinziḍḍari
• pinziḍḍata

Related terms

• culuri
• disignari
• pinnellu
• pintu
• pittari
• pittatu
• pìnciri
• tinciutu
• tintu
• tìnciri

See also

• pinza
• pinzetta

Further reading

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “pinzeddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3087