braccio

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See also: bracciò

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian braccio. Doublet of brachium.

Noun

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braccio (plural braccia)

  1. An Italian measure of length, varying from half a yard to a yard.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbrat.t͡ʃo/
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  • Audio (un braccio):(file)
  • Rhymes: -attʃo
  • Hyphenation: bràc‧cio

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Compare Sicilian vrazzu.

Noun

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braccio m (plural (in most meanings) braccia f or (in the figurative meanings "branch (of a railway/railroad or river), wing (of a building), arm (of a cross, crane, of scales), strait, isthmus") bracci m, diminutive braccìno or braccétto, augmentative braccióne, diminutive-augmentative bracciòtto (chubby little arm))

  1. (anatomy) arm
    Synonym: membro
  2. (anatomy) upper arm
    Coordinate term: avambraccio (forearm)
  3. (unit of measure, nautical) fathom
  4. (figurative) work, effort
  5. (figurative) power, faculty, authority
  6. (geography) narrow stretch of land or sea, joining larger bodies
    braccio di marestrait (literally, “narrow stretch of sea”)
    braccio di terraisthmus (literally, “narrow stretch of land”)
  7. (mechanics) arm (of a crane, of a cross, of scales, of a candelabrum, etc.)
  8. branch (of a river or railway/railroad)
  9. wing (of a building)
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  • In senses 1 through 4, the plural form used is braccia, derived from Latin bracchia, the ancient neuter plural of bracchium. In the remaining senses the plural is derived regularly from the Italian masculine plural ending -i and is thus bracci.
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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braccio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bracciare

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