piaggia

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjad.d͡ʒa/
  • Rhymes: -addʒa
  • Hyphenation: piàg‧gia

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin plagia, from Latin plaga, whence also French plage, Spanish playa, Romanian plai.

Noun

piaggia f (plural piagge) (archaic)

  1. stretch of sloping terrain, slope
    • early 14th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 28–30:
      Poi ch’èi posato un poco il corpo lasso, ¶ ripresi via per la piaggia diserta, ¶ sì che ’l piè fermo sempre era ’l più basso.
      After my weary body I had rested, ⁠the way resumed I on the desert slope, ⁠so that the firm foot ever was the lower.
  2. stretch of flat terrain interrupting a slope
  3. Alternative form of spiaggia
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

piaggia

  1. inflection of piaggiare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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