biscotto
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See also: biscottò
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈskɒtəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɪˈskɑtoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ
Noun[edit]
biscotto (plural biscotti)
- Alternative form of biscotti
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From figurative Italian biscotto (“cookie, biscuit”). Doublet of biscuit and biscotte.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
biscotto m (uncountable)
- (sports) tactical play between two people (or two teams) aimed to wrong or evict a third person (or a third team)
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus. Synchronicallty bis- (“twice”) + cotto (“baked, cooked”). Doublet of biscuit.
Noun[edit]
biscotto m (plural biscotti)
- biscuit, cookie
- (sports slang, uncountable) match fixing, tactical play between two teams aimed to wrong or evict a third team
- Synonym: combine
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
biscotto
References[edit]
- biscotto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Further reading[edit]
biscotto on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
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