zucchetto

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zucchetto, ultimately a diminutive of zucca (“gourd, squash”), due to the shape. Compare zucchini.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tsʊˈkɛtəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /(t)sʊˈkɛtoʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtəʊ

Noun

zucchetto (plural zucchettos)

  1. A small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy (the Pope's is white, a cardinal's red, a bishop's purple, and a priest's black), Anglican clergy, and Syriac or Malankara Orthodox clergy
    Synonym: calotte

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Further reading

Italian

zucchetto nero

Etymology

From zucca (“gourd, squash”) +‎ -etto (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): */d͡zukˈket.to/, (traditional) */t͡sukˈket.to/[1]
  • Rhymes: -etto
  • Hyphenation: zuc‧chét‧to

Noun

zucchetto m (plural zucchetti)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) zucchetto, calotte (small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy)
  2. (uncommon) diminutive of zucca; zucchini
    Synonyms: zucchetta, zucchina

References

  1. ^ zucca in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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