granocchia

== Italian == === Etymology === See the main entry. Influenced by onomatopoeic terms such as gre gre (“croak”) and gracidare (“to croak”). Compare other descendants of Vulgar Latin *rānucula. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡraˈnɔk.kja/ Rhymes: -ɔkkja Hyphenation: gra‧nòc‧chia === Noun === granocchia f (plural granocchie) (colloquial) Tuscan form of ranocchio m (“small frog”) === References === granocchia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*ranŭcŭla”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 60