pezzo
Italian
Etymology 1
Variant of pezza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛt.t͡so/
- Rhymes: -ɛttso
- Hyphenation: pèz‧zo
Noun
pezzo m (plural pezzi)
- piece, chunk
- hunk
- plot
- (music) track (song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence)
Derived terms
- pezzettino
- pezzetto (“small bit”)
- pezzettone
- pezzo da novanta (“big shot”)
- pezzo di merda (“piece of crap”)
- pezzo di terra (“area of land”)
- pezzo di terreno (“area of land”)
- pezzo grosso
- pezzo musicale (“musical composition”)
- pezzone
- spezzare (“to break up”)
Related terms
Etymology 2
With a gender shift, from Latin picea, derived from pix (“pitch, tar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpet.t͡so/
- Rhymes: -ettso
- Hyphenation: péz‧zo
Noun
pezzo m (plural pezzi)
- (archaic, northern Italy) synonym of abete rosso (“Norway spruce”)
Further reading
- pèzzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- pézzo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana