veglia

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See also: Veglia

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From vegliare; cf. Latin vigila, French veille, Piedmontese vijà.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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veglia f (plural veglie)

  1. vigil, watch
  2. all-night party or other gathering
  3. wake (feast after a person's death)
  4. wake (period after a person's death before the body is buried)
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Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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veglia

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

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈveʎ.ʎa/, (traditional) /ˈvɛʎ.ʎa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -eʎʎa, (traditional) -ɛʎʎa
  • Hyphenation: vé‧glia, (traditional) vè‧glia

Adjective

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veglia (obsolete, poetic)

  1. feminine singular of veglio

Noun

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veglia f (plural veglie) (obsolete, poetic)

  1. female equivalent of veglio: old woman

References

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  1. ^ veglia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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