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voceru

voceru noun: a traditional lament from Corsica.

Noun

voceru (plural voceri)

  1. A traditional lament from Corsica.
    • Often, the voceru would be followed by a dance called the caracolu, in which the women would process around the table in darkness. And woe betide any of the men who failed to heed their wives' and daughters' call to arms2003, David Abram, Rough guide to Corsica
    • The voceru for a victim of violent death belongs to the world of the vendetta, which dominated village life in Corsica until the 1930s.2003, Tullia Magrini, Music and gender: perspectives from the Mediterranean

Forms of voceru

pluralvoceri

Origin of voceru

From Corsican.

Questions about voceru

What does voceru mean?
Voceru means a traditional lament from Corsica.
What part of speech is voceru?
Voceru is a noun.
What is the plural of voceru?
The plural of voceru is voceri.

Words near voceru in the dictionary

  1. vocd
  2. Voce
  3. voce di petto
  4. voce di testa
  5. voceri
  6. voceru
  7. voces
  8. voces magicae
  9. voces nihili
  10. vochtenite
  11. vochysiaceous

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