liscio

See also: lisciò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliʃ.ʃo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • (southern Italy):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iʃʃo
  • Hyphenation: lì‧scio

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *līsius, from Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”).[1] Or, from *lixus, derived from *lixāre (“to clean, boil”), presumably related to lixa (“lye”).

Compare Portuguese and Spanish liso, French lisse, Catalan llis, Sicilian lisciu, Friulian, Lombard, and Provençal lis, Romansh glisch.

Adjective

liscio (feminine liscia, masculine plural lisci, feminine plural lisce)

  1. smooth, sleek, polished
    Synonyms: calmo, levigato, lucidato, piatto, piano
  2. (figurative) simple
    Synonym: semplice
  3. neat, straight (of an alcoholic beverage)
  4. (vulgar, slang) of the private parts (scrotum, anus, vulva, etc.) hairless

Adverb

liscio

  1. smoothly
    Synonyms: facilmente, lisciamente, tranquillamente

Noun

liscio m (plural lisci)

  1. ballroom dancing
  2. country music
Synonyms
  • ballo liscio

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 133

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

liscio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lisciare

Further reading

  • liscio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • liscio in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • liscio in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • liscio in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • liscio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

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