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ciliegia.

cherry (fruit)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡ʃiˈljɛ.d͡ʒa/
  1. cherry (fruit)

    feminine
  2. cherry (color/colour)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From the variant ciriegia, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin. Alternatively from ciliegio, ciriegio (Tuscan), from Late Latin ceresus, from Latin cerasus. See also cerasa. In modern, Tuscan-based Italian, this word underwent hypercorrection twice: * Tuscan hypercorrects intervocalic /r/ to intervocalic /l/ by mistakenly assuming that ⟨cer-⟩ /t͡ʃer/ is a Lombard pronunciation, compare garea, galea → galera; * and ⟨-sa⟩ /za/ → ⟨-gia⟩ /d͡ʒa/, assuming again that ⟨-sa⟩ /za/ is a Lombard pronunciation.

adj/t͡ʃiˈljɛ.d͡ʒa/
  1. cherry (color/colour)

    invariable
Where this word comes from

From the variant ciriegia, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin. Alternatively from ciliegio, ciriegio (Tuscan), from Late Latin ceresus, from Latin cerasus. See also cerasa. In modern, Tuscan-based Italian, this word underwent hypercorrection twice: * Tuscan hypercorrects intervocalic /r/ to intervocalic /l/ by mistakenly assuming that ⟨cer-⟩ /t͡ʃer/ is a Lombard pronunciation, compare garea, galea → galera; * and ⟨-sa⟩ /za/ → ⟨-gia⟩ /d͡ʒa/, assuming again that ⟨-sa⟩ /za/ is a Lombard pronunciation.

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