"mottetto" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /motˈtet.to/ Forms: mottetti [plural]
Rhymes: -etto Etymology: From motto + -etto (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|it|:af|motto|-etto<pos:diminutive suffix>}} [Appendix:Glossary#back-formation|Back-formation]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "muttīre", "gloss" : "to mutter, murmur, talk quietly", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "muttio", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "muttum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "motto", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "-ittus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "-etto", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "mottetto", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" }" data-lang="it" data-title="mottetto">, {{af|it|motto|-etto|pos2=diminutive suffix}} motto + -etto (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} mottetto m (plural mottetti)
  1. witty poem Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mottetto-it-noun-NqP5Z7Tg Categories (other): Italian terms suffixed with -etto Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -etto: 59 41
  2. (music) motet Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mottetto-it-noun-mcnAWgi1 Categories (other): Music, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Italian entries with etymon, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -etto Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 40 4 57 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 40 4 57 Disambiguation of Italian entries with etymon: 8 92 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Italian terms suffixed with -etto: 59 41 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mottettista

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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