different between piazza vs palazzo

English

Etymology

From Italian piazza. Doublet of piatza, place, and plaza.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /pi?æt.s?/, /pi??t.s?/
• (US) (veranda): IPA^(key): /pi?æ.z?/, /pi??.z?/

Noun

piazza (plural piazzas or piazze)

1. A public square, especially in Italian cities.
2. (US dialects, especially New England, dated) A veranda; a porch.
3. (Britain) A roofed gallery or arcade (for example around a public square or in front of a building).

Usage notes

• The plural piazze is used especially when the word refers to public squares in Italy, and plural piazzas when it refers to porches.
• In some Southern dialects, the variant form pizer is used.

References

• Thomas Durant Visser, Porches of North America (2012, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• apizza

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pjat.t?sa/
• Hyphenation: piàz?za
• Rhymes: -attsa

Etymology 1

From Latin platea, from Ancient Greek ??????? (plateîa). Doublet of platea. Cognate with Spanish plaza, French place, German platz.

Noun

piazza f (plural piazze)

1. square, plaza
2. market
3. space, post
4. (Rome, figuratively) A bald area on the scalp.

Synonyms

• (market): mercato
• (bald spot): chierica

Derived terms

• mettere in piazza
• piazzale
• piazzetta

Descendants

• ? English: piazza
• ? Romanian: pia??

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

piazza

1. third-person singular present indicative of piazzare
2. second-person singular imperative of piazzare

Anagrams

• pazzia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian palazzo, from Latin pal?tium (“palace, large residence”), from Pal?tium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome, where aristocrats built large homes. Doublet of palace and Pfalz.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??lats??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??l?tso?/
• Rhymes: -æts??, -??ts??

Noun

palazzo (plural palazzos or palazzi)

1. A large, palatial urban building in Italy.

Derived terms

• palazzolike
• palazzo pants
• palazzos

Italian

Alternative forms

• palagio (literary, archaic)

Etymology

From Latin pal?tium (“palace, large residence”), from Pal?tium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome. Cognate to English palace, French palais, Spanish palacio, Portuguese paço, palácio, see more at pal?tium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?lat.t?so/
• Rhymes: -attso
• Hyphenation: pa?làz?zo

Noun

palazzo m (plural palazzi)

1. A royal palace.

   Synonym: reggia

2. A palatial urban building, a palazzo.

Derived terms

Related terms

• paladino
• Palatinato
• palatino, Palatino

Descendants

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian palazzo, from Latin pal?tium (“palace, large residence”), from Pal?tium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome. Doublet of palacio and pazo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?latso/, [pa?la.t?so]

Noun

palazzo m (plural palazzos)

1. palazzo (palatial urban building in Italy)