rocchetto

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rokˈket.to/
  • Rhymes: -etto
  • Hyphenation: roc‧chét‧to

Etymology 1

From rocca (“distaff”) +‎ -etto[1]

Noun

rocchetto m (plural rocchetti)

  1. spool (of thread, or of a fishing rod)
    Synonyms: spoletta, bobina
  2. (film) reel
  3. (electrical engineering) coil
  4. (weaving) shuttle (part of a loom that carries the woof back and forth between the warp threads)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Medieval Latin roccus.[2]

Noun

rocchetto m (plural rocchetti)

  1. (clothing, Roman Catholicism) rochet (garment worn over the choir cassock by cardinals, bishops and certain other dignitaries)
    Synonym: roccetto

Further reading

References

  1. ^ rocchetto2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ rocchetto1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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