"gamba" meaning in Italian

See gamba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡam.ba/ Forms: gambe [plural], gambétta [diminutive], gambìna [diminutive], gambìno [diminutive, masculine], gambóna [augmentative], gambóne [augmentative, masculine], gambàccia [pejorative]
Rhymes: -amba Etymology: Inherited from Late Latin gamba. Cognate with Sicilian gamma ~ jamma. Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:inh|la-lat:gamba}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "fixture, bend, winding", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kh₂em-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kh₂emp-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*kh₂empeh₂", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*kampā́", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "καμπή", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "gamba", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "gamba", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="gamba">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la-lat|gamba|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin gamba, {{inh+|it|la-lat|gamba}} Inherited from Late Latin gamba, {{cog|scn|gamma}} Sicilian gamma Head templates: {{it-noun|f|aug=gambóna,gambóne<g:m>|dim=gambétta,gambìna,gambìno<g:m>|end_derog=gambùccia|pej=gambàccia}} gamba f (plural gambe, diminutive gambétta or gambìna or gambìno m, augmentative gambóna or gambóne m, pejorative gambàccia, endearing-derogatory gambùccia)
  1. leg Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-gamba-it-noun-x8j8kau4 Categories (other): Italian entries with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 24 27 24 24
  2. leg (from knee to ankle), shank Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-gamba-it-noun-ycetnJWM Categories (other): Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Anatomy, Body parts Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 24 27 24 24 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 9 40 42 9 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 20 40 20 20 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 17 49 17 17 Disambiguation of Body parts: 4 88 4 4
  3. leg (of furniture) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-gamba-it-noun-OPalvdvk Categories (other): Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 24 27 24 24 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 9 40 42 9
  4. stroke (of a letter) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-gamba-it-noun-Em7q7MBg Categories (other): Italian entries with etymon Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 24 27 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gambetto, in gamba Related terms: gambaccia, gambacorta, gambale, gambata, gambetta, gambona, gambuccia, viola da gamba, coscia

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gambetto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "in gamba"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gamba"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gambo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "la-lat:gamba"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"fixture, bend, winding\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*kh₂em-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*kh₂emp-\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"o-grade\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"collective nouns\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*kh₂empeh₂\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*kampā́\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"καμπή\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Late Latin\", \"term\" : \"gamba\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la-lat\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"gamba\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"it\" }\" data-lang=\"it\" data-title=\"gamba\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "gamba",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin gamba",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "gamba"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Late Latin gamba",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "gamma"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian gamma",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Late Latin gamba. Cognate with Sicilian gamma ~ jamma.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gambe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambétta",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambétta",
          "gambetta"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambìna",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambìna",
          "gambina"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambìno",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambìno",
          "gambino"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambóna",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambóna",
          "gambona"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambóne",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambóne",
          "gambone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "augmentative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambàccia",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambàccia",
          "gambaccia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "aug": "gambóna,gambóne<g:m>",
        "dim": "gambétta,gambìna,gambìno<g:m>",
        "end_derog": "gambùccia",
        "pej": "gambàccia"
      },
      "expansion": "gamba f (plural gambe, diminutive gambétta or gambìna or gambìno m, augmentative gambóna or gambóne m, pejorative gambàccia, endearing-derogatory gambùccia)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gàm‧ba"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "gàm‧ba"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gambaccia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gambacorta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gambale"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gambata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gambetta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gambona"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gambuccia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "viola da gamba"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "coscia"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 27 24 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leg"
      ],
      "id": "en-gamba-it-noun-x8j8kau4",
      "links": [
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 27 24 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 40 42 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 40 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 49 17 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "it:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 88 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Body parts",
          "orig": "it:Body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leg (from knee to ankle), shank"
      ],
      "id": "en-gamba-it-noun-ycetnJWM",
      "links": [
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ],
        [
          "shank",
          "shank"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 27 24 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 40 42 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "leg (of furniture)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gamba-it-noun-OPalvdvk",
      "links": [
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 27 24 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stroke (of a letter)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gamba-it-noun-Em7q7MBg",
      "links": [
        [
          "stroke",
          "stroke"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡam.ba/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-amba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gamba"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with etymon",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Italian terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Italian terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Italian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kh₂em-",
    "Italian terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Italian terms with audio pronunciation",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 16 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Rhymes:Italian/amba",
    "Rhymes:Italian/amba/2 syllables",
    "it:Anatomy",
    "it:Body parts"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gambetto"
    },
    {
      "word": "in gamba"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gam"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gamba"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ido",
      "lang_code": "io",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gambo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "la-lat:gamba"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"fixture, bend, winding\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*kh₂em-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*kh₂emp-\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"o-grade\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"collective nouns\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*kh₂empeh₂\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*kampā́\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"καμπή\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Late Latin\", \"term\" : \"gamba\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la-lat\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Italian\", \"term\" : \"gamba\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"it\" }\" data-lang=\"it\" data-title=\"gamba\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "gamba",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin gamba",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "gamba"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Late Latin gamba",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "gamma"
      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian gamma",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Late Latin gamba. Cognate with Sicilian gamma ~ jamma.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gambe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambétta",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambétta",
          "gambetta"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambìna",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambìna",
          "gambina"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambìno",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambìno",
          "gambino"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambóna",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambóna",
          "gambona"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "augmentative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambóne",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambóne",
          "gambone"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "augmentative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gambàccia",
      "links": [
        [
          "gambàccia",
          "gambaccia"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "aug": "gambóna,gambóne<g:m>",
        "dim": "gambétta,gambìna,gambìno<g:m>",
        "end_derog": "gambùccia",
        "pej": "gambàccia"
      },
      "expansion": "gamba f (plural gambe, diminutive gambétta or gambìna or gambìno m, augmentative gambóna or gambóne m, pejorative gambàccia, endearing-derogatory gambùccia)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gàm‧ba"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "gàm‧ba"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gambaccia"
    },
    {
      "word": "gambacorta"
    },
    {
      "word": "gambale"
    },
    {
      "word": "gambata"
    },
    {
      "word": "gambetta"
    },
    {
      "word": "gambona"
    },
    {
      "word": "gambuccia"
    },
    {
      "word": "viola da gamba"
    },
    {
      "word": "coscia"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "leg"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "leg (from knee to ankle), shank"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ],
        [
          "shank",
          "shank"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "leg (of furniture)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leg",
          "leg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stroke (of a letter)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stroke",
          "stroke"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡam.ba/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-amba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gamba"
}

Download raw JSONL data for gamba meaning in Italian (5.4kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: endearing-derogatory gambùccia",
  "path": [
    "gamba"
  ],
  "section": "Italian",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gamba",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Italian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.