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striscia.

strip, band, stripe, trail, line, streak

8 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈstriʃ.ʃa/
  1. strip, band, stripe, trail, line, streak

    feminine
  2. zebra crossing, pedestrian crossing, crosswalk

    feminine · in-plural · informal
    È consentito attraversare fuori dalle strisce solo se queste non sono presenti nel raggio di 100 metri.
    Una domanda, forse da ignorante... ma i vigili possono parcheggiare sulle strisce?
  3. ellipsis of striscia di fumetti; comic strip

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · feminine
  4. the markings of a parking spot and, by metonymy, the parking spot itself. If blu (“blue”), it means paid parking; if bianche (“white”), it means free parking; if gialle (“yellow”), it means disabled or otherwise restricted parking.

    feminine · in-plural · informal
    Al capolinea del tram 24, in via Giuseppe Ripamonti, ci sono parecchie strisce bianche a Milano.
    Quanto costa l'abbonamento per la sosta sulle strisce blu?
Where this word comes from

From Latin stria, influenced by fascia, or alternatively possibly of onomatopoetic origin. Compare Sicilian stricata.

verb/ˈstriʃ.ʃa/
  1. inflection of strisciare: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of strisciare: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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