"biscotto" meaning in Italian

See biscotto in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bisˈkɔt.to/ Forms: biscotti [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔtto Etymology: Inherited from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus. Synchronicallty bis- (“twice”) + cotto (“baked, cooked”). Doublet of biscuit. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|it|la-eme|biscoctus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Early Medieval Latin biscoctus, {{inh+|it|la-eme|biscoctus}} Inherited from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus, {{af|it|bis-|cotto|t1=twice|t2=baked, cooked}} bis- (“twice”) + cotto (“baked, cooked”), {{doublet|it|biscuit}} Doublet of biscuit Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} biscotto m (plural biscotti)
  1. biscuit, cookie Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-biscotto-it-noun-G7C1Kee3
  2. (sports slang, uncountable) match fixing, tactical play between two teams aimed to wrong or evict a third team Tags: masculine, slang, uncountable Synonyms: combine
    Sense id: en-biscotto-it-noun-1b3UXb3- Categories (other): Sports, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms prefixed with bis-, Foods Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 31 1 24 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 26 1 29 21 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 1 61 38 Disambiguation of Italian terms prefixed with bis-: 5 95 Disambiguation of Foods: 3 55 42 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biscottaio, biscottare, biscottato, biscottello, biscotteria, biscottiera, biscottificio, biscottino
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /bisˈkɔt.to/
Rhymes: -ɔtto Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} biscotto
  1. first-person singular present indicative of biscottare Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: biscottare
    Sense id: en-biscotto-it-verb-Jg5EekQK Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 29 31 1 24 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 26 1 29 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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