carrozza

See also: Carrozza

Italian

Etymology

From carro. A Tuscan adaptation of carrossa, with northern Italian assibilation of earlier carroccia, a derivative of carro with the suffix -occia, -occio (cf. -uccia, -uccio). Possibly also from Latin carruca (compare French charrue) through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *carrucea or *carrucia. Compare Sicilian carrozza, Friulian caroce, cf. also Romanian căruță.

Noun

carrozza f (plural carrozze)

carriage (horse-drawn, or railway)
railroad car, railcar

Related terms

carro

Descendants

→ Catalan: carrossa
→ French: carrosse
→ German: Karosse
→ Greek: καρότσα (karótsa)
→ Polish: karoca
→ Spanish: carroza

Verb

carrozza

third-person singular present indicative of carrozzare
second-person singular imperative of carrozzare

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