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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin coāctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈat.to/
- Rhymes: -atto
- Hyphenation: co‧àt‧to
Adjective
coatto (feminine coatta, masculine plural coatti, feminine plural coatte)
- (chiefly law) imposed by an authority or by law; compulsory, forced
- domicilio coatto ― internal exile (literally, “compulsory stay”)
- rimozione coatta ― forced towing (of a vehicle)
- (psychology) compulsive
Noun
coatto m (plural coatti, feminine coatta)
- (by extension) prisoner, convict
- (Rome) someone with coarse, rude manners, from the suburbs; boor
- Synonyms: buzzurro, peracottaro
p. 1940, Gigi Proietti, Er cavajere bianco e ’r cavajere nero:S’arza un coatto. “Tu che vòi raccontà?” — “Er cavajere bianco e ’r cavajere nero.”- A boor stands up. “What do you want to tell us?” — “The white knight and the black knight.”
Further reading
- coatto in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- coatto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana