staffetta
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From staffa (“stirrup”) + -etta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]staffetta f (plural staffette)
- courier, runner
- Synonyms: corriere, messaggero
- (sports) relay race
- (sports) relay team
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → French: estafette
- → German: Stafette
- → Portuguese: estafeta
- → Spanish: estafeta
- → Yiddish: שטאַפֿעט (shtafet)
Further reading
[edit]- staffetta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana