braccio
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See also: bracciò
Etymology
Noun
braccio (plural braccia)
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Compare Sicilian vrazzu.
Noun
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”))
- (anatomy) arm
- Synonym: membro
- (anatomy) upper arm
- Coordinate term: avambraccio (“forearm”)
- (unit of measure, nautical) fathom
- (figurative) work, effort
- (figurative) power, faculty, authority
- (geography) narrow stretch of land or sea, joining larger bodies
- braccio di mare ― strait (literally, “narrow stretch of sea”)
- braccio di terra ― isthmus (literally, “narrow stretch of land”)
- (mechanics) arm (of a crane, of a cross, of scales, of a candelabrum, etc.)
- branch (of a river or railway/railroad)
- wing (of a building)
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Derived terms
Related terms
- avambraccio
- braccetto
- bracciatura
- lira da braccio
Etymology 2
Verb
braccio
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