boccale
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Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
bocca (“mouth”) + -ale (“-al”, relational adjective suffix)
Adjective[edit]
boccale (plural boccali)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From a crossing of bocca (“mouth”) with Late Latin baucālis, from Koine Greek βαύκαλις (baúkalis, “container used for the cooling of wine”); probably of Berber[1] or Egyptian origin.[2]
Noun[edit]
boccale m (plural boccali)
- a serving vessel:
- a quantity of liquid held by such a vessel:
- (historical) a unit of measure for volume used in Italy, with different values according to the area
- (northern Italy) urinal
References[edit]
Categories:
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ale
- Rhymes:Italian/ale/3 syllables
- Italian terms suffixed with -ale
- Italian lemmas
- Italian adjectives
- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
- Italian terms derived from Koine Greek
- Italian terms derived from Berber languages
- Italian terms derived from Egyptian
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian terms with historical senses
- Northern Italian
- it:Household
- it:Units of measure
- it:Vessels