"boccia" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɔt.t͡ʃa/ Forms: bocce [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔttʃa Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis)der. Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia)bor. Vulgar Latin *buttia Italian boccia Inherited from Vulgar Latin *buttia, borrowed from Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia, plural of βούττιον (boúttion)), from Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis), possibly borrowed from Pre-Greek. See also bozza. Etymology templates: {{etymon|it|:inh|la-vul:*buttia|id=bowl|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis)der. Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia)bor. Vulgar Latin *buttia Italian boccia [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "lang_name" : "Pre-Greek", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qsb-grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βοῦττις", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Byzantine Greek", "term" : "βούττια", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gkm", "pos" : "plural of <i class=\"Polyt mention\" lang=\"grc\">βούττιον<\/i> <span class=\"mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren\">(<\/span><span lang=\"grc-Latn\" class=\"mention-tr tr Latn\">boúttion<\/span><span class=\"mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren\">)<\/span>" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "*buttia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "boccia", "lang" : "it" }" data-id="bowl" data-lang="it" data-title="boccia" id="Italian:_bowl"> Inherited from Vulgar Latin *buttia, borrowed from Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia, plural of βούττιον (boúttion)), from Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis), possibly borrowed from Pre-Greek. Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} boccia f (plural bocce)
  1. bowl, bowling ball Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-boccia-it-noun-ngiBOsAj Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with etymology texts, Italian entries with etymology trees, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 23 37 1 1 4 16 15 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 32 24 1 1 2 31 9 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 34 1 1 1 25 12 1 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymology texts: 81 4 3 11 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymology trees: 81 4 3 11 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 90 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 87 6 1 6
  2. boccia (sport similar to bocce) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-boccia-it-noun-wDbfaTXg
  3. flagon, decanter Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-boccia-it-noun-ik8qrwpa
  4. (vulgar, slang, in the plural) tits, boobs, jugs Tags: feminine, in-plural, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-boccia-it-noun-7zfXdkQM

Inflected forms

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      "βούττια#Ancient_Greek"
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    [
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      "Reconstruction:Latin/buttia"
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      "βούττιον",
      "βούττιον#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
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      "βοῦττις#Ancient_Greek"
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    [
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bocce",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
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      "name": "it-noun"
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bòc‧cia"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "bòc‧cia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        "in-plural",
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        "vulgar"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɔt.t͡ʃa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔttʃa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boccia"
}
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    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Italian terms derived from Byzantine Greek",
    "Italian terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
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    "Pages with etymon",
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    "Rhymes:Italian/ɔttʃa",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ɔttʃa/2 syllables"
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  ],
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}

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