boccia

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English

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three people playing boccia
People playing boccia at the Paralympics

Etymology

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From Italian boccia (ball). Doublet of butt (wooden cask).

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Noun

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boccia (uncountable)

  1. A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills.

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *buttia < Latin buttis. See also bozza.

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Noun

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boccia f (plural bocce)

  1. bowl, bowling ball
  2. flagon, decanter
  3. (vulgar, slang) in the plural: tits, boobs, jugs

Descendants

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  • Catalan: botxa
  • English: boccia
  • Galician: bocha
  • Japanese: ボッチャ (botcha)
  • Korean: 보치아 (bochia)
  • Portuguese: bocha
  • Spanish: bocha

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Portuguese

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Noun

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boccia f (plural boccias)

  1. Dated spelling of bocha.

Sicilian

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Etymology

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Compare Italian boccia.

Noun

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boccia f (plural bocci)

  1. (games) ball, bowl
    Synonym: badda
    bocci e ragogghia (literally bowls and hoop)
  2. liquor bottle

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References

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “boccia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 546
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “boccia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 204
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “boccia”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 115