zucchero

See also: zuccherò

Italian

Alternative forms

zuccaro

Etymology

From Arabic سُكَّر‎ (sukkar). Cognate to Latin saccharum. See "sugar" for more details.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡zuk.ke.ro/, [ˈd̪͡z̪ukk̟er̺o], /ˈt͡suk.ke.ro/, [ˈt̪͡s̪ukk̟er̺o]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: zùc‧che‧ro

Noun

zucchero m (plural zuccheri)

sugar (all senses)

Related terms

saccarifero
senza zucchero
zuccheraggio
zuccherare
zuccheriero
zuccherifero
zuccherificio
zuccherino
zuccheroso
zucchero filato - candy floss (UK), cotton candy (US), fairy floss (Australia)

Descendants

→ Middle Low German: sucker
- Low German: Sucker
- → Danish: sukker
  - → Faroese: sukur
  - → Icelandic: sykur
- → Norwegian: sukker
- → Saterland Frisian: Sukker
- → Swedish: socker
  - → Finnish: sokeri
- → West Frisian: sûker

Verb

zucchero

first-person singular indicative present of zuccherare

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