"prefica" meaning in Italiano

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Noun

Forms: prefiche [plural]
  1. donna che a pagamento canta o si lamenta durante i funerali e durante le veglie dei parenti deceduti (usato al sud e Sardegna)
    Sense id: it-prefica-it-noun-7pz898xk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: wailer (inglese), attittadora (sardo)
Categories (other): Sostantivi in italiano

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latinopraeficere ovvero preporre, significa \"donna preposta alle ancelle che si lamentano\""
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prefiche",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
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        "prè",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sostantivo",
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        "donna che a pagamento canta o si lamenta durante i funerali e durante le veglie dei parenti deceduti (usato al sud e Sardegna)"
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    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "wailer"
    },
    {
      "lang": "sardo",
      "lang_code": "sc",
      "word": "attittadora"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prefica"
}
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    "Sostantivi in italiano"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latinopraeficere ovvero preporre, significa \"donna preposta alle ancelle che si lamentano\""
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prefiche",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "prè",
        "fi",
        "ca"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "donna che a pagamento canta o si lamenta durante i funerali e durante le veglie dei parenti deceduti (usato al sud e Sardegna)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "feminine",
    "singular"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
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    },
    {
      "lang": "sardo",
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    }
  ],
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