treccia

Italian

Etymology

Probably a blend of Old French tresce (“tress”) and trina (“sash”). Possibly influenced by tre (“three”). Compare French tresse, Sicilian trizza, Spanish trenza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtret.t͡ʃa/
• Rhymes: -ettʃa
• Hyphenation: tréc‧cia

Noun

treccia f (plural trecce)

1. braid
2. plait
3. tress (of hair)

Derived terms

• fermatrecce
• trecciaio
• trecciaiolo
• trecciatura

Further reading

• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “treccia”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Anagrams

• accerti, cercati, cretica