nacchera

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnak.ke.ra/ Rhymes: -akkera Hyphenation: nàc‧che‧ra === Etymology 1 === From Late Latin nacchara, perhaps from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra). ==== Alternative forms ==== naccara, nacara, nachera, gnacchera, gnaccara (obsolete or vernacular) ==== Noun ==== nacchera f (plural nacchere, diminutive naccherino) (historical) a percussive musical instrument similar to a drum Synonym: nacchero (music, in the plural) castanet fan shell (Pinna nobilis) (obsolete) mother-of-pearl, nacre ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== Nacchere on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it nacchera in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== nacchera inflection of naccherare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative