bocce

English

Alternative forms

• boccie
• bocci

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bocce.

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: bŏchʹ-i, IPA^(key): /ˈbɑtʃi/

Noun

bocce (countable and uncountable, plural bocces)

1. (sports, uncountable) A game, similar to bowls or pétanque, played on a long, narrow, dirt-covered court
2. (sports, countable) One of the eight balls that the player throws in a game of bocce.
   • 2012, Victoria Rowell, ‎Paul Tukey, Tag, Toss & Run: 40 Classic Lawn Games, →ISBN:

     The object is throw or roll the bocces as close as possible to the pallino.

   • 2013 February 6, Brian Messenger, “Bocce balls are rolling”, in Eagle-Tribune:

     The side with their bocces closest to the pallino earns points.

   • 2013 April 30, Paul Haigh, “Bocce star to represent Australia”, in Liverpool City Champion:

     When he first started we had to buy a smaller set of bocces because his hands were small.

Translations

A game similar to bowls or pétanque

• Catalan: boccia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 意大利式室外地滾球戲, 意大利式室外地滚球戏 (Yìdàlì shì shìwài dìgǔnqiú xì), 硬地滾球, 硬地滚球 (Yìngdìgǔnqiú)

• Finnish: bocce
• French: bocce (fr) pl
• German: Boccia (de)
• Italian: bocce (it) f pl

• Japanese: スポールブール (supōrubūru)
• Macedonian: боќање n (boḱanje)
• Portuguese: bocha (pt) f
• Russian: бо́чче (ru) (bóčče)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: bȍćānje (sh) n

• Spanish: bochas (es) f pl

See also

• boccia

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Italian

Alternative forms

• boccie (misspelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔttʃe/
• Hyphenation: bòc‧ce

Noun

bocce f pl

1. plural of boccia
2. bowls (game)

Related terms

• boccino
• bocciodromo
• boccista

Anagrams

• becco, beccò