biscotto
See also: biscottò
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ
Noun
biscotto (plural biscotti)
- Alternative form of biscotti
French
Etymology
From figurative Italian biscotto (“cookie, biscuit”). Doublet of biscuit and biscotte.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Etymology
bis- (“twice”) + cotto (“cooked”), or from Medieval Latin biscoctus, from Latin bis coctus (“twice cooked”). Compare English and French biscuit, Spanish bizcocho, Portuguese biscoito. Doublet of biscuit.
Pronunciation
Noun
biscotto m (plural biscotti)
- biscuit, cookie
- (sports slang, uncountable) tactical play between two people (or two teams) aimed to wrong or evict a third person (or a third team)
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
biscotto
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