schiera

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskjɛ.ra/ Rhymes: -ɛra Hyphenation: schiè‧ra === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old Occitan esquiera, from Old French eschiere, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skarō, whence also Old English sċearu, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to part; split; cut off; sever; divide”). Compare German Schar (“troop”), Danish skare (“host", "crowd”). ==== Noun ==== schiera f (plural schiere) rank (line of soldiers) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== schiera inflection of schierare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References ===