vacca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvakːa/

Etymology 1

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂. Cognates include Italian vacca and Spanish vaca.

Etymology 2

Una vacca (2.1)

Una vacca (2.3)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

References

• “vacca” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Noun

vacca f

1. Alternative form of vaca

Noun

vacca (plural vaccas)

1. cow

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvak.ka/

• Audio (una vacca):

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• Rhymes: -akka
• Hyphenation: vàc‧ca

Noun

vacca f (plural vacche, diminutive vaccarèlla or vaccherèlla or vacchétta or (rare) vacchìna or (rare) vacchicìna, augmentative (also with figurative derogatory meaning) vaccóna f or vaccóne m, pejorative vaccàccia (uncommon, often used figuratively as an insult), derogatory (rare) vaccùccia)

1. cow

   Hyponym: mucca

2. (vulgar, slang, figurative, derogatory) whore, slut

Further reading

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

Etymology

Possibly from a Proto-Italic *wokā, from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂, with a diminutive/hypocoristic or expressive suffix -ca. May be borrowed from another Indo-European language, but no obvious European cognate is known.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ak.ka/, [ˈu̯äkːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvak.ka/, [ˈväkːä]

Noun

vacca f (genitive vaccae); first declension

1. cow (female cattle)

References

• “vacca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vacca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "vacca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vacca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vacca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vacca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Alternative forms

Noun

vacca n

1. excrement

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vacca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead >

Noun

vacca f (plural vaccas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of vaca.
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Inverno [Winter]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, pages 101–102:

     As gotteiras pingavam, os chocalhos das vaccas tiniam, os sapos cantavam.

     The leaks dripped, the cows’ bells jingled, and the frogs croaked.

Alternative forms

• vatga (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• vacha (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Noun

vacca f (plural vaccas)

1. (Sursilvan) cow

Alternative forms

• bacca

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbakka/, /ˈvakka/ (in certain Nuorese towns)

Noun

vacca

1. cow

Etymology

From Latin vacca.

Noun

vacca f

1. cow