Beccaria

Italian

Alternative forms

• Beccheria (surname only)

Etymology

Borrowed from Lombard beccaria or Piedmontese becarìa, bëccarìa (“butchershop”). Cognate with English butchery, French boucherie, and Sicilian vuccirìa, among others. Doublet of beccheria and Vucciria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bek.kaˈri.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Bec‧ca‧rì‧a

Proper noun

Beccaria m or f by sense

1. a surname from Lombard or Piedmontese
2. (masculine only) Cesare Beccaria, 18th-century Italian criminologist and philosopher

Anagrams

• erbaccia