fiaccola

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Italian

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Etymology

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Diminutive of an unattested Old Italian *fiacca, from an older *facchia (with metathesis of /j/), from Latin facula, itself a diminutive of Latin fax (torch). Effectively a doublet of facola, which was borrowed from Latin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfjak.ko.la/
  • Rhymes: -akkola
  • Hyphenation: fiàc‧co‧la

Noun

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fiaccola f (plural fiaccole)

  1. torch (flaming sort)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: fjakkla
  • Turkish: fiyaka

Further reading

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  • fiaccola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana