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Italian
Etymology
From dolce (“sweet”) + vita (“life”), after Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960), whose protagonist wears this clothing item.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdol.t͡ʃeˈvi.ta/[1]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Hyphenation: dol‧ce‧vì‧ta
Noun
dolcevita m (invariable)
- (also relational) polo neck sweater, turtleneck sweater
- Hypernym: maglione
- collo a dolcevita ― turtleneck
References
- ^ dolcevita in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication