Noun: chiesa
Gender: f
Hyphenation: chiè‧sa
chié‧sa
| Singular f | chiesa |
| Plural f | chiese |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like chiesa
monferrina,
ossichinolina,
palestra,
nipoteria,
gualdrappa,
bacinella,
minicassetta,
bestemmia,
geostoria,
sferra,
sferza,
sfilza,
triplofonia,
fiduciaria,
meteoroscopia,
ipersonnia,
sovrabbondanza,
corbezzola,
pseudoestesia,
viminata, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Inherited from Latin ecclēsia, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “assembly”).
2. The original geminated -cc-, though lost in the standard language, is still found in many regional Italian varieties. See: Latin Nouns '
ecclēsia', Latin Nouns '
ecclēsia', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἐκκλησία'.
Verbs referencing "chiesa"
French Nouns
église, Portuguese Nouns
igreja.
Translations