staffetta

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Italian

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staffetta

Etymology

From staffa (“stirrup”) +‎ -etta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stafˈfet.ta/
Rhymes: -etta
Hyphenation: staf‧fét‧ta

Noun

staffetta f (plural staffette)

courier, runner
Synonyms: corriere, messaggero
(sports) relay race
(sports) relay team

Derived terms

staffettista

Descendants

→ Albanian: stafetë
→ Catalan: estafeta
→ French: estafette
- → Dutch: estafette
  - → West Frisian: estafette
  - → Indonesian: estafet
- → English: estafette
- → Moroccan Arabic: سطافيط (sṭāfīṭ)
- → Russian: эстафета (estafeta)
  - → Azerbaijani: estafet
  - → Crimean Tatar: estafeta
  - → Georgian: ესტაფეტა (esṭapeṭa)
  - → Kyrgyz: эстафета (estafeta)
  - → Lithuanian: estafètė
→ German: Stafette, Staffette (obsolete)
- → Bulgarian: щафета (štafeta)
- → Czech: štafeta
- → Hungarian: staféta
- → Polish: sztafeta
- → Romanian: ștafetă
- → Serbo-Croatian: štaféta／штафе́та
  - → Macedonian: штафета (štafeta)
- → Yiddish: שטאַפֿעט (shtafet)
→ Portuguese: estafeta
→ Romanian: stafetă
→ Spanish: estafeta

Further reading

staffetta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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