braccio

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian braccio. Doublet of brachium. === Noun === braccio (plural braccia) An Italian measure of length, varying from half a yard to a yard. === Anagrams === boracic == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbrat.t͡ʃo/ Rhymes: -attʃo Hyphenation: bràc‧cio === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). ==== Alternative forms ==== vraccio (regional) ==== Noun ==== braccio m (plural (in most meanings 1, 2, 4) braccia f or (in the figurative meanings "branch (of a railway/railroad or river), wing (of a building), arm (of a cross, crane, of scales), strait, isthmus" 6, 7, 8, 9) bracci m, diminutive braccìno or braccétto, augmentative braccióne, diminutive-augmentative bracciòtto (“chubby little arm”)) (anatomy) arm Synonym: membro (anatomy) upper arm Coordinate term: avambraccio (“forearm”) (unit of measure, nautical) fathom (figurative) work, effort (figurative) power, faculty, authority (geography) narrow stretch of land or sea, joining larger bodies braccio di mare ― strait (literally, “narrow stretch of sea”) braccio di terra ― isthmus (literally, “narrow stretch of land”) (mechanics) arm (of a crane, of a cross, of scales, of a candelabrum, etc.) branch (of a river or railway/railroad) wing (of a building) ===== Usage notes ===== In senses 1 through 4, the plural form used is braccia, derived from Latin bracchia, the ancient neuter plural of bracchium. In the remaining senses the plural is derived regularly from the Italian masculine plural ending -i and is thus bracci. ===== Derived terms ===== viola da braccio abbracciare ===== Related terms ===== avambraccio braccetto bracciatura lira da braccio === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== braccio first-person singular present indicative of bracciare === Anagrams === Baricco, barocci, broccai, broccia, ribocca