gorgia

See also: Gorgia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Italian terms borrowed from French#GORGIACategory:Italian terms derived from French#GORGIA gorge, from Middle FrenchCategory:Italian terms derived from Middle French#GORGIA gorge, from Old FrenchCategory:Italian terms derived from Old French#GORGIA gorge, from Late LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Late Latin#GORGIA gurga, related to LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#GORGIA gurges (“whirlpool”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gorgia f (plural gorge)Category:Italian lemmas#GORGIACategory:Italian nouns#GORGIACategory:Italian countable nouns#GORGIACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#GORGIACategory:Italian feminine nouns#GORGIACategory:Pages with entries#GORGIACategory:Pages with 1 entry#GORGIA

  1. (archaicCategory:Italian terms with archaic senses#GORGIA, anatomyCategory:it:Anatomy#GORGIA) throat
    Synonym: (not obsolete) gola
  2. (figurative) ravine, gorge
    Synonym: gola
  3. (linguisticsCategory:it:Linguistics#GORGIA, phoneticsCategory:it:Phonetics#GORGIA)
    2. the lenition of the stop consonants /p, t, k/ (especially the lattermost) found in several areas of Tuscany
    3. the pronunciation of the letter R as a uvular trill
      Synonym: erre moscia

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