bucchero

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Italian bucchero, from Spanish búcaro, from Portuguese púcaro. Doublet of poculum.

Noun[edit]

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bucchero (uncountable)

  1. A type of dark grey Etruscan terracotta pottery.

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish búcaro (“clay; clay vase”), from Portuguese púcaro, from Old Galician-Portuguese pucaro, from Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”), from Proto-Italic *pōtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tlom, derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuk.ke.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ukkero
  • Hyphenation: bùc‧che‧ro

Noun[edit]

bucchero m (plural buccheri)

  1. a type of odorous clay
    Synonym: barro
  2. (by extension) a vase or other object made from this clay
    Synonym: barro
  3. a piece of bucchero pottery

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Further reading[edit]

  • bucchero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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