nubifragio

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nubifragium, from nūbēs (“cloud”) and frangĕre (“to break”) (by analogy with naufragium (“shipwreck”)).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nu.biˈfra.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -adʒo
  • Hyphenation: nu‧bi‧frà‧gio

Noun

nubifragio m (plural nubifragi)

  1. cloudburst, downpour

References
  1. nubifragio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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