zucchetto

English

Alternative forms

zuchetto (non-standard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian zucchetto, ultimately a diminutive of zucca (“gourd, squash”), due to the shape. Compare zucchini.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /tsʊˈkɛtəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /(t)sʊˈkɛtoʊ/
Rhymes: -ɛtəʊ

Noun

zucchetto (plural zucchettos)

A small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy (the Pope's is white, a cardinal's red, a bishop's purple, and a priest's black), Anglican clergy, and Syriac or Malankara Orthodox clergy
Synonym: calotte

Translations

small skullcap worn by Catholic clergy

Belarusian: піу́ска f (piúska)
Catalan: solideu m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小瓜帽 (xiǎoguāmào)
Dutch: solideo n, pileolus m, zucchetto n, solideetje n, kalot (nl) m, f
Esperanto: vertoĉapo, papoĉapo, pileolo, solideo
Finnish: zucchetto
French: calotte (fr) f, submitrale (fr) f
German: Pileolus m, Zucchetto m, Soli Deo m, Subbirettum n, Submitrale n, Scheitelkäppchen n, Kalotte (de) f
Greek: καλότα (el) f (kalóta)
Hungarian: soli deo, pileólus

Italian: zucchetto (it) m
Japanese: カロッタ (karotta)
Korean: 주케토 (juketo)
Latin: pileolus m
Latvian: piuska f, pileolusu m
Polish: piuska (pl) f
Portuguese: solidéu m
Russian: пиле́олус m (piléolus)
Slovene: škofovska čepica f
Spanish: solideo (es) m
Ukrainian: піле́олус m (piléolus)

Italian

Etymology

From zucca (“gourd, squash”) +‎ -etto (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tsukˈket.to/, /dzukˈket.to/
Rhymes: -etto
Hyphenation: zuc‧chét‧to

Noun

zucchetto m (plural zucchetti)

zucchetto, calotte (small skullcap worn by Roman Catholic clergy)

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