eccidio

Italian

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin excidium (“demolition, destruction”), from exscindō (“to annihilate, extirpate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /etˈt͡ʃi.djo/
• Rhymes: -idjo
• Hyphenation: ec‧cì‧dio

Noun

eccidio m (plural eccidi)

1. massacre, mass murder, slaughter, carnage

   Synonyms: carneficina, (literary, rare) esizio, falcidia, massacro, strage

Further reading

• eccidio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• cecidio, ecocidi