different between macchia vs chaparral

English

Etymology

From Corsican machja, related to Italian macchia and French maquis; ultimately from Latin macula. Doublet of macule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæk.?a/

Noun

macchia (uncountable)

1. A shrubland biota in Mediterranean countries, typically consisting of densely-growing evergreen shrubs.

Related terms

• maquis

Translations

Further reading

• maquis shrubland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mak.kja/
• Rhymes: -akkja
• Hyphenation: màc?chia

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *macla, from Latin macula. Doublet of macula, a borrowing.

Noun

macchia f (plural macchie)

1. stain, smear
2. spot, fleck
3. (figuratively) blot, speck, disgrace
4. (figuratively, uncommon) defect, flaw

   Synonyms: difetto, neo

Derived terms

Related terms

References

• macchia¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

A semantic extension of the above.

Noun

macchia f (plural macchie)

1. shrub, bush, brake
2. macchia (shrubland biota)
3. (transferred sense) Generic name for plants commonly found in a macchia

Derived terms

References

• macchia² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

macchia

1. inflection of macchiare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• macachi

English

Etymology

From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??æp???æl/, /?t?æp???æl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æp???æl/, /??æp????l/, [??æp??(?)æl], [??æp??(?)?l]
• Rhymes: -æl, -?l
• (US) Hyphenation: chap?ar?ral
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

chaparral (countable and uncountable, plural chaparrals)

1. (US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.

   Coordinate term: macchia
2. The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.

Translations

Further reading

• chaparral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “chaparral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Spanish

Etymology

From chaparro +? -al, from Basque txaparro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??apa?ral/, [t??a.pa?ral]
• Hyphenation: cha?par?ral

Noun

chaparral m (plural chaparrales)

1. chaparral

Descendants

• ? English: chaparral

Further reading

• “chaparral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.