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- [zoo-ket-oh; Italian tsook-ket-taw]
- /zuˈkɛt oʊ; Italian tsukˈkɛt tɔ/
- /zʌkˈetəʊ/
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- [zoo-ket-oh; Italian tsook-ket-taw]
- /zuˈkɛt oʊ; Italian tsukˈkɛt tɔ/
Definitions of zucchetto word
- noun plural zucchetto a small, round skullcap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics, a priest's being black, a bishop's violet, a cardinal's red, and the pope's white; calotte. 1
- noun zucchetto A Roman Catholic cleric’s skullcap: black for a priest, purple for a bishop, red for a cardinal, and white for the pope. 1
- noun zucchetto a small round skullcap worn by certain ecclesiastics and varying in colour according to the rank of the wearer, the Pope wearing white, cardinals red, bishops violet, and others black 0
- noun zucchetto a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic prelates: an abbot's is black, a bishop's purple, a cardinal's red, and the Pope's white 0
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Origin of zucchetto
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55; < Italian, variant of zucchetta, diminutive of zucca gourd, head, perhaps < pre-Indo-European *tjukka gourd
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Parts of speech for Zucchetto
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
zucchetto popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Top questions with zucchetto
- what is a zucchetto?
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