maschietta

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈskjet.ta/
• Rhymes: -etta
• Hyphenation: ma‧schiét‧ta

Etymology 1

From maschietto (“little boy”). By surface analysis, maschio (“male”) +‎ -etta (feminine diminutive suffix).

Noun

maschietta f (plural maschiette)

1. boyish girl, tomboy
2. flapper (unconventional woman from the 1920s)
3. pageboy hairstyle

   Si è fatta un taglio alla maschietta. ― She had a pageboy cut.

Etymology 2

Verb

maschietta

1. inflection of maschiettare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative