Meaning
grain, bean, grape
- a single seed or grain of a cereal plant (rice, wheat, corn)
- a single coffee bean or hailstone
- an individual grape or berry
In a sentence
Ha fatto cadere un chicco di caffè sul pavimento della cucina.
He dropped a coffee bean on the kitchen floor.
Quel grappolo d'uva non ha nemmeno un chicco marcio.
That bunch of grapes doesn't have a single rotten grape.
Durante il temporale sono caduti grossi chicchi di grandine.
Large hailstones fell during the thunderstorm.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| chicco | masculine · singular |
| chicchi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Used specifically for individual items of rice (chicco di riso), coffee (chicco di caffè), or grapes (chicco d'uva).
- Plural is chicchi, retaining the hard /k/ sound with 'ch'.